Inside the Hourglass

mayfriend:

mytearsrricochet:

They’ve found the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Babies who die of SIDS have a significantly lower level of an enzyme, the purpose of which is to rouse the baby from sleep if necessary (such as the baby stops breathing). This is extremely huge science and medicine news. There is a biological reason. It’s not random.

Previously, parents were told SIDS could be prevented if they took proper precautions: laying babies on their backs, not letting them overheat and keeping all toys and blankets out of the crib were a few of the most important preventative steps. So, when SIDS still occurred, parents were left with immense guilt, wondering if they could have prevented their baby’s death.

Dr. Carmel Harrington, the lead researcher for the study, was one of these parents. Her son unexpectedly and suddenly died as an infant 29 years ago. (…) Harrington explained what she was told about the cause of her child’s death. 

“Nobody could tell me. They just said it’s a tragedy. But it was a tragedy that didn’t sit well with my scientific brain.” 

Since then, she’s worked to find the cause of SIDS, both for herself and for the medical community as a whole. She went on to explain why this discovery is so important for parents whose babies suffered from SIDS. 

"These families can now live with the knowledge that this was not their fault,” she said.

(…) As the cause is now known, researchers can turn their attention to a solution. In the next few years, those in the medical community who have studied SIDS will likely work on a screening test to identify babies who are at risk for SIDS and hopefully prevent it altogether.

mother-duster:

“Not all at once ladies :)” I say to the rats that bite my ankles

tinyecologist:

Loving yourself is not (necessarily):

• Thinking you’re gorgeous
• Not wanting to change anything about your body, personality, or life
  

Loving yourself is:

• Knowing you have inherent worth regardless of your physical appearance or life circumstance
• Knowing you deserve good things
• Wanting to take care of yourself because you deserve good things

spongebobssquarepants:

tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva:

“he is not my president” bumper sticker with a picture of some random guy that has never been president

tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva:

“he is not my president” bumper sticker with a picture of some random guy that has never been president

steptoe:

my favourite thing is when someone says “i think about you a lot” or “i had a dream about you” or “i was just about to text you” or something because the fact that i occur to someone when I’m not talking to them or anything is the best thing i just

meerschweinchen1993:

your twenties are Also about discovering that you’re not a bad person in all the ways you believed you were but you’re a bad person in completely new and exciting ways

rowantula:

deadryn:

rowantula:

you pondering your orb again? heh. well I pondered my girlfriend’s orbs this morning.

this sucks

guess what else i did this morning

ndiecity:

i still think the funniest way a celebrity has ever been “cancelled” was when we found out DJ Khaled didnt eat pussy