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#Dementia, #Texas: "Nearly 1 in 3 people lives in poverty; 1/4 lack #healthinsurance #Chronic conditions are widespread—especially #diabetes, high #BloodPressure #heartdisease ad access to care is limited: There’s just 1 primary-care physician for every 3,000 to 4,000 people, few dementia specialists. Low #education, #language barriers, poor #airquality #extremeheat compound threat. Dementia isn’t simply a #diagnosis. It’s a structural outcome." unlocked - theatlantic.com/health/archive

The Atlantic · The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With DementiaBy Marion Renault

😖 Conclusions:

1. Computers with trackpads should ALWAYS have physical click buttons. 3 is good; 5 is better; 9 leaves a finger for the pad, is therefore optimal for 10-fingered users. But trackpads should not be the button.

2. But if you're going to make the #trackpad a button make it ONE button like a MacBook* NOT 3 virtual buttons like #Lenovo. This creates enough location errors to kill people, not just through raised #bloodPressure.

(* May not apply to post-2012 MacBooks, don't know.)

Blood pressure at home: Green light from the machine

Blood pressure at the doctors office: You are about to explode and should be safely confined.

I'm not actually freaked out by doctors or anything, so I'm not sure why this is. Once I figured this out, I just take a measurement at home before going and show them the photo. It's apparently common enough for them to just accept that.

#cuteness lowers #BloodPressure

"As if king crablets aren't cute enough already, some are known to take rides on pudgy little sea pigs (Scotoplanes).

That's because their habitat includes vast, muddy plains that provide little obstacles to hide behind, so the vulnerable baby crustaceans have resorted to using other animals for shelter instead.

Sea pigs provide the perfect cover. As harmless scavengers, these translucent creatures spend their days languidly snuffling their way across the sea floor for tasty bits of dead animals, poop, and mucus to devour.

In 2016, researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute checked out about 2,600 sea cucumbers and found almost a quarter of them were playing mount to the juvenile king crab, Neolithodes diomedeae."

sciencealert.com/adorable-baby

ScienceAlert · Adorable Baby Crab Stuns The World With Its Spiky CharmThe most adorable, silly-looking baby king crab, accidentally collected by NOAA researchers in the Gulf of Mexico, has rightfully become an instant online sensation.

I've had high blood pressure my entire adult life. Dr's have tried all kinds of meds and doses, but nothing seems to have an effect. I'm currently on 3 different BP meds simultaneously. This morning my BP was 148/81 which is pretty typical and considered Hypertention. Then, I took 2 deep hits off my THC vape cart (Hybrid/Sativa leaning) and waited 10 mimutes. My BP was reduced to 130/72, considered Elevated range. This is the third time I've conducted this experiment all with the same result.

NOTE: I am not a physician or have any expertise in the medical field. I am not recommending this as a treatment for high blood pressure. I'm just conveying my own experience.