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The Mighty’s Guide to Parkinson’s Disease

01 Tuesday Sep 2020

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What Is Parkinson’s Disease?

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that affects your body’s ability to produce dopamine, a chemical found in your brain that helps you initiate and control your movements. This causes symptoms like uncontrollable shaking in your limbs (known as a tremor), slow movement, a rigid, stiff feeling in your body, unsteady gait and posture, as well as symptoms unrelated to movement like loss of smell, constipation, difficulty sleeping, fatigue, cognitive challenges and blood pressure issues. Parkinson’s most frequently develops in people over age 50, but can also appear in younger individuals, too.

You might feel stiff, like it’s hard to move your muscles, and maybe you have uncontrollable shaking in one or more of your limbs or fingers. You might also feel fatigued and have difficulty feeling motivated to get up. Everyday tasks like brushing your teeth, putting on your clothes, cooking and driving a car might be a struggle due to the stiffness and slowness of your muscles. Perhaps family members have noticed you don’t swing one of your arms when you walk.

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Americans With Diabetes Take a ‘Caravan to Canada’ for Cheaper Insulin

09 Tuesday Jul 2019

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In the United States, people with type 1 diabetes spend an average of $5,705 per year on insulin alone. In Canada, people with type 1 diabetes pay an average of $1,500 CDN (about $1,140 USD) per year for all their diabetes supplies, including medication. So last weekend, a group of Americans went on a “Caravan to Canada” to not only buy insulin for a fraction of what they would pay at home, but also to raise awareness of the price gouging Americans face for the exact same medication.

The group was organized by the Minnesota state chapter of Insulin4All, an advocacy group under the diabetes nonprofit organization T1International. The “caravan” traveled by private bus, starting off in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Friday and arriving in London, Ontario, the next day after picking up other caravaners along the way.

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This Is What Hollywood Keeps Getting Wrong About the Female Orgasm

02 Monday Feb 2015

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It’s official: Actresses are getting tired of doing “the orgasm face.”

The Affair star Ruth Wilson lamented that she’s constantly required to make “that face” onscreen, telling Net-A-Porter‘s The Edit last week, “I kept insisting, ‘Why have I always got to do the orgasm face? There should be a male orgasm face. Why is it always the woman who’s orgasming?'”

Anyone can picture the exact face she’s referring to. From the perfectly arched back to the mouth that stays delicately pretty even when it’s moaning, TV’s classic O-face would have you believe every woman looks, sounds and acts exactly the same during sex.

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Hidden Fast Food Finds

08 Monday Apr 2013

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When you’re super busy, or just super hungry, sometimes it feels impossible to ignore the neon lights of the nearest fast food joint. But when you do find yourself pulling up to the drive-thru, is there anything to order that actually has some nutritional value?

Well, we all know there isn’t much healthy fare on the menu at most fast food joints. But believe it or not, there are some good-for-you dishes to be found — off the menu. Fast food restaurants may not want you to know about these tasty, healthy items, but ask for them and you shall receive. Check out these healthier fast food options that aren’t on the menu.

Breast cancer breakthrough: Cancer-detecting bra invented

06 Wednesday Mar 2013

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We totally love our OB-GYNs, but mammograms? As necessary as they are, we gotta admit they’re not the most fun part of our day. But what if we told you researchers have discovered a way to detect breast cancer years before (and with a higher accuracy) than routine mammograms?

Excuse us, but we may have just heard the sound of millions of women jumping for joy!
It might seem too good to be true, but listen up: the Breast Tissue Screening Bra may be the next breakthrough in the battle against breast cancer. This sports bra-like garment detects early signs of cancer by measuring changes in cell temperature and breast tissue. When worn continuously, it has been shown to spot breast cancer as many as six years before traditional screenings would have, with a 92.1% accuracy rate (as opposed to mammograms’ 70% accuracy rate). Now that’s amazeballs!

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Stay skinny for Santa: How to keep off the holiday pounds

06 Wednesday Mar 2013

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It’s as much of a holiday tradition as dreaming about Colin Firth in Love Actually: that post-holiday freak-out when you realize just how many times you went back for seconds at all those parties and potlucks. Um, could you ever turn down another helping of your grandma’s famous stuffing? Didn’t think so!

But get this: The holiday season doesn’t have to wreak havoc on your waistline! Rowdy Yates, fitness manager at Crunch Gyms, let us in on the secrets to staying trim despite those holiday temptations.

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