April 9, 2020
Sunburn Safety: How to Protect Yourself From Skin Damage and Practice Sun Safety by Camping Cooks
Camping Cooks teaches us everything we need to know to keep our skin safe while exploring the great outdoors.
Tag: health blog
April 8, 2020
What if a Natural Disaster Strikes During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The coronavirus pandemic has rattled life as we once knew it, like an earthquake trembling society’s foundation… But if an actual earthquake, a hurricane, a tornado, or a tsunami were to hit right now, what would happen?
Last week, we reached out to various organizations including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, World Health Organization, and American Red Cross to find out what emergency response would look like during a pandemic.
March 28, 2020
The Burgundy Zine #14: Healing
By: burgundy bug
“The Burgundy Zine #14: Healing” cover
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March 25, 2020
No Toilet Paper On Aisle 20? Beat The System by Lori Brown
Writer Lori Brown flushes our worries away by helping us navigate toilet paper shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 25, 2020
Behind the Zines: Let’s Talk About Vulnerability
Healing, by nature, is a very delicate topic that required an air of grace on behalf of ourselves and our contributors to hold these discussions.
We’re immensely proud of our community for coming together and letting themselves be vulnerable over the last two months.
However, there’s still one person who’s not entirely on board yet: me, editor burgundy bug.
March 16, 2020
Can You Stomach It? The Mysterious Relationship Between Psychedelics and Gut Health
By now, it’s no secret the brain and gut are in constant communication – and yet, there’s still an air of mystery shrowding the gut-brain axis.
So far, we know serotonin is central to gut-brain signaling. In fact, 90 percent of serotonin is synthesized in the lining of the gastrointestinal tract, according to a 2016 Nutrients journal review.
Psychedelics, including psilocybin (a.k.a ‘shrooms’), LSD (a.k.a. ‘acid’), and DMT are serotonergic drugs that bind to the 5-HT2A receptor, says a 2018 World Psychiatric article. This is central to triggering the “psychedelic experience.”
Although research on psychedelics in mood, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders has been and currently is being heavily investigated, with a particular focus on serotonin, the impact of psychedelics on gut health remains largely untapped and under-researched.
Now that’s a head trip.
March 16, 2020
Dear Husband: How to Help Your Wife Deal with Infertility by Deanna Jackson
Deanna Jackson The Wacky Writer offers touching advice to husbands whose wives are undergoing fertility treatments.
March 14, 2020
Pi Day? More Like, Vihart Day
It’s that time of the year again, bug buddies. “Mathemusician” and anti-Pi enthusiast YouTuber Vihart has returned with another one of her infamous “Anti-Pi Rant” videos.
This year, Vihart dives into various scenarios in which Pi itself contracts the coronavirus and spreads it exponentially to humans, other numbers, and of course, aliens.
March 14, 2020
Free Telemedicine Platform to Combat COVID-19 by Bluestream Health
In response to the growing outbreak of COVID-19 across the nation and globe, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended various measures to reduce unnecessary health care visits and prevent transmission.
Virtual care figures prominently in these recommendations, and telemedicine provider Bluestream Health has stepped up to provide its solution to caregivers free of charge.
