Happy Monday 👋
Today is Intersex Awareness Day! It’s a day for focusing on the human rights issues associated with intersex people, especially the widespread practice of performing unnecessary genital operations on intersex newborns.
In today’s email we cover the vaginal microbiome, pneumonia, and colds.
Enjoy!
Today’s Main Feature
What Your Vaginal Microbiome Says About Your Mental Health & More
From uncertainty-induced inhibition to fun-seeking behavioral activation (no, not necessarily that kind of fun, but also not necessarily not that!), there’s a lot going on down there:
Keep Your 👀 On
Recommended Reading
Age & Ageism
As people live longer and healthier, nurse training needs to respond to avoid ageist attitudes:
Pneumonia: Prevention Is Better Than Cure
There are 4 key ways to avoid this very significant killer of people over the age of 65:
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Watch and Learn
What’s The Best Way To Treat The Common Cold?
We may not be able to cure the viral infection itself, but we also don’t have to suffer so much with the symptoms:
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Wishing you the most well-informed start to a healthy week,
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