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Feb 26, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Olivia Walters
Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Meet the AuthorOlivia Walters is a writer and French tutor living with endometriosis and painful bladder syndrome. She calls the Carolinas home. My journey to an endometriosis diagnosis was like so many other people’s. The average length of time it takes a person to be diagnosed is 10 years, and I was no different. My diagnosis did not immediately lead to the best treatment.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
jesmondlocal.com | Olivia Walters
Local business running vegan cooking courses in Jesmond
in Food
A local small business owner is running vegan cooking courses with the popularity of Veganuary in Jesmond. Yasmin Alganzoury, who owns her own Egyptian vegan catering and cooking business, Layla’s Kitchen Catering, is running the course. The course is taking place on the 16th February after being moved until after Veganuary.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
jesmondlocal.com | Olivia Walters
Jesmond coffee shop creates running club
in Community
LOCAL, an independent corner shop and coffee house in Jesmond, has created a running club called ‘LOCAL Runner Beans’ for the residents of Jesmond and the surrounding areas. The running club meets every Sunday at 8:30am outside LOCAL Coffee Shop on Acorn Road for a run starting at 8:45am.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
jesmondlocal.com | Olivia Walters
Small food businesses at Jesmond Food Market suffer effects of living cost of living crisis
in Drink
As Christmas has pinched people’s pockets of every penny and with the January payday seeming far away based on drained bank accounts, many find themselves in this January month cutting back on spending. According to a survey by KPMG, 58% of consumers say going into the new year they will be cutting back on non-essential spending.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
jesmondlocal.com | Olivia Walters
Cheap student alcohol deals to blame for rises in anti-social behaviour, claims JRA
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Cheap alcohol dealsin Jesmond bars are responsible for increases in anti-social behaviour during the student months in Jesmond, claims the chair of the Jesmond Residents Association. Local bars offer £2 Tuesdays deals, where students can purchase pints and spirits for £2 a drink with a valid student ID card.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
medicalnewstoday.com | Olivia Walters
Some research suggests using gum as nicotine replacement therapy can raise blood pressure. However, for some people, the benefits of replacing smoking with nicotine gum may outweigh the risks. Chewing nicotine gum is one of many risk factors for hypertension. The nicotine replacement brand Nicorette and generic alternatives also highlight the possibility of risks in people with untreated high blood pressure.
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Jul 21, 2023 | 
medicalnewstoday.com | Olivia Walters
It is unclear whether having a low or high IQ in childhood precedes depression in adulthood. Researchers are continuing to investigate how IQ affects a person’s likelihood of developing depression. Depression as a mood disorder cannot be explained by a singular cause, and a culmination of factors influences the type and severity of depression someone experiences. Defining intelligence is also a complicated task, and it involves memory recall, rational thinking, and decision-making.
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Mar 30, 2023 | 
medicalnewstoday.com | Olivia Walters
Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is a rare, malignant tumor that forms in the uterine lining. Doctors most commonly diagnose it in people in the perimenopause stage. ESS is a subtype of a rare form of uterine cancer called uterine sarcoma. In comparison with endometrial cancer, uterine sarcoma makes up approximately 0.2 to 1% of uterine cancers. First-line treatment for endometrial stromal sarcoma involves surgery to remove the uterus.
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Mar 29, 2023 | 
doubleblindmag.com | Olivia Walters
*We may earn a commission on links from this page, but we only highlight brands we trust. Part parasite, part mushroom, cordyceps might be on the fringes of the fungi world, but its medicinal uses are not to be underestimated. Cordyceps is believed to have energizing, vasodilatory properties, according to generations of folk herbalists. The rarest and most sought-after variety, Ophiocordyceps sinensis, sits 14,000 feet above sea level on the Himalayan mountains.
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Mar 13, 2023 | 
doubleblindmag.com | Olivia Walters
*We may earn a commission on links from this page, but we only back brands and people we trust. If asked to choose their favorite, many mushroom lovers can’t help but name lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus), a shaggy-looking mushroom most known for its potential in memory and brain health. (Although, it’s worth mentioning that scientific research on the fungus lags behind its brain-boosting reputation.
