Did you know that you can save lives, by recycling bits of yourself? From your heart (if you die) to your blood to your breastmilk and even toenails to help rhinos (more on that later) The Museum of Odd Body Parts is a tour of your body’s useless parts, flaws and weird bits! This hiliarous…
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How to Help Someone with Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease is caused when 80% of the feel-good chemical dopamine is lost in the brain. Not just a ‘shaking disease’, the main hazard is falling, along with freezing, drooling and unclear speech, a shuffling gait and ‘mask-like’ expression. This can make it very lonely for patients, as they often cannot show emotion, and have…
How to Help Stroke Recovery Patients
Millions of people suffer from strokes, or related illness. The results can be a minor speech impediment to paralysis. Choking is a risk for stroke patients, so always avoid choking hazards like carrot sticks, veggie hot dogs, chia seeds or nuts. Most patients who have had a stroke need rehabilitation work for some time. Also…
How to Help Someone with Dementia
All versions of dementia (including Alzheimer) are presently incurable. There’s more chance to cure it by donating to kinder humane research which uses modern methods, rather than cruel and outdated animal research. Also see the post on how to care for our carers. A memory book can be filled with photos and stories. Music Memory…
How to Escape a Narcissistic World
Today’s society is the land of the narcissist, with the media encouraging people to spend more time taking selfies and talking about themselves, than helping others. Although a clinical disorder of people who have a grand sense of self-importance and gaslighting onto sensitive beings, society tends to encourage a worldview where people have to think…