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2024 - 3 - 23

Venskabsefterligning: Hvornår er det for meget? Opdagelsen af en massegrav under et barndomshjem og risikoen ved brug af træ til opvarmning

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Er din ven for meget? Opdagelsen af en massegrav under et barndomshjem og hvorfor brugen af træ til opvarmning kan være farligt. Læs mere her!

At have en ven, der kopierer alt, hvad man siger, gør og endda iklæder sig ens tøj, kan være mere skræmmende end smigrende. Det er vigtigt at anerkende, at den ekstreme efterligning kan få én til at føle sig ubehagelig. Der er dog måder at håndtere situationen på, uden at afbryde venskabet helt. Og hvis man nogensinde har følt sig overvåget, tænk bare på historien om en kvinde, der opdagede en massegrav under sit barndomshjem i Gamboa ved Rio de Janeiro i 1966. En uhyggelig opdagelse, der ændrede hendes liv.

Desuden er brugen af træ til opvarmning en almindelig praksis, der kan medføre betydelig luftforurening, selv i landlige samfund. Forskere advarer om, at boligopvarmning med træ eller kul kan udgøre en stor risiko for sundheden og miljøet. Dette illustreres tydeligt af en tysk landsby, der viser, hvordan brugen af træ kan øge risikoen for kræft.

På et mere historisk plan formes vores syn på kvinder stadig af middelalderens kristne misogyni. En præsentation ved Cambridge Universitet argumenterer for, at tidlige mandlige forfattere introducerede ideen om, at den sande skønhed ligger indeni, for at kontrollere, hvordan kvinder klædte sig.

Slutteligt afslører eksklusive forskningsresultater, at kaffedrikkere har en markant lavere risiko for tilbagevendende tyktarmskræft. Et forbrug af to til fire kopper om dagen kan faktisk mindske sandsynligheden for, at sygdommen vender tilbage. Så næste gang du nipper til din kaffe, kan du glæde dig over denne ekstra sundhedsfordel.

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