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Cause of polycystic ovary syndrome discovered at last
The most common cause of female infertility – polycystic ovary syndrome – may be caused by a hormonal imbalance before birth. The finding has led to a cure in mice, and a drug trial is set to begin in women later this year.
Polycystic ovary syndrome affects up to one in five women worldwide, three-quarters of whom struggle to fall pregnant. The condition is typically characterised by high levels of testosterone, ovarian cysts, irregular menstrual cycles, and problems regulating sugar, but the causes have long been a mystery. “It’s by far the most common hormonal condition affecting women of reproductive age but it hasn’t received a lot of attention,” says Robert Norman at the University of Adelaide in Australia.
THIS IS UNUSUAL CONTENT FOR MY BLOG BUT
Y’ALL THIS IS HUGE
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I know. Shame on me for not knowing… But question.
I’ve seen it said that Narfi and Vali are twins and/or they were children when Odin turned Vali into a wolf to kill Narfi.
Is this actually mentioned anywhere, or is it UPG? I’ve looked it up and am just wondering if I might have missed something.
It’s popular UPG, but no, their ages are never actually stated in the lore.
Dos and don’ts on designing for accessibility
Karwai Pun, GOV.UK:
The dos and don’ts of designing for accessibility are general guidelines, best design practices for making services accessible in government. Currently, there are six different posters in the series that cater to users from these areas: low vision, D/deaf and hard of hearing, dyslexia, motor disabilities, users on the autistic spectrum and users of screen readers.
[…] Another aim of the posters is that they’re meant to be general guidance as opposed to being overly prescriptive. Using bright contrast was advised for some (such as those with low vision) although some users on the autistic spectrum would prefer differently. Where advice seems contradictory, it’s always worth testing your designs with users to find the right balance, making compromises that best suit the users’ needs.
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I’ve been wanting something like this to reference! Boosting for the others that like to dabble in code/design.
This is some of the most lucidly written accessibility advice I’ve seen. Making accessible web pages should be the default, not an add-on. It’s really not that hard to do, especially when you think about it from the start – and it benefits everyone.
(Obligatory note that there are exceptions to some of these guidelines, e.g., “bunching” some interactions together is an important way to cue which interactions are related to each other, but that’s why these are guidelines, not absolute rules.)
young web designer: thank you oh my god no one has been able to explain this quite as well and this is just good shit
Sigyn Prayer Bead Necklace in Rainbow Fluorite: Norse Goddess of Devotion, Bride of Loki
Sigyn || Norse Goddess of Fidelity
WORK IS STUPID AND LONG but somehow I’ve found a muse in Loki’s wives… There’s not much on Sigyn aside from her catching the snake venom that drips onto Loki after he’s imprisoned for killing Baldr, so I had a bit of free range with the aesthetics! Hope you guys like it! Might post the Angrboda one I made tonight. 🙂
Just gonna tag @honestsycretsx @lisinfleur @lol-haha-joke @dangerousvikings
Seizure First Aid.
Learn it. Share it. Know it. Use it.
100% correct medical information on tumblr for once; also consider calling 911 if you don’t know how often the person has seizures and ESPECIALLY if the seizure has lasted 5 minutes or more (which is why the watch is critical)
I have epilepsy so making sure the word is out on how to help people who do have seizures means a lot to me.
Oh my god, accurate epilepsy information. I am so happy, you have no idea.
You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy.
Sigyn, probably. (via incorrectedda)
I realized a little while ago (after struggling with mental illness for almost 30 years) that my approach needs to be positive, not negative.
I don’t mean positive thinking or any of that shit. I mean, if you’re mentally ill, you often frame management as “an absence of symptoms.” Which is great, if you’re talking about acne or a torn ACL or chicken pox. But if your mental illness is as pervasive as mine (anxiety with obsessional features), striving to eliminate every single symptom so that you can be “normal” is a fool’s errand. And I used to get worked up about it. One of my future in-laws likes to comment on my knee bouncing, and it wrecked my self-confidence whenever we were over at their house. “Nervous tic?” she’d ask, in front of everyone.
My current therapist is great. When I talk to her about eliminating a certain habit or tic that I have, she asks me if that tic is interfering with me living the life I want. If the answer is “yes,” then we work on eliminating it. If the answer is “no,” then we leave it be. My anxiety makes it impossible for me to go to Disneyworld. But I don’t want to go to Disneyworld, so there’s no reason for me to worry about it. I could spend all of my time trying to control all of my rituals and tics. I could exert all of my energy into social situations and “pushing my limits,” but all that is going to do is make me miserable.
Let’s reframe health as “capable of living the best life you can.”
Holding the Bowl 