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Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking: surgeon general half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Murthy said in a new, 81-page report from his office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) More WASHINGTON (AP) — Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in an 81-page report from his office. “We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience. It's like hunger or thirst. It's a feeling the body sends us when something we need for survival is missing,” Murthy told The Associated Press in an interview. “Millions of people in America are struggling in the shadows, and that's not right. That's why I issued this advisory to pull back the curtain on a struggle that too many people are experiencing.” The declaration is intended to raise awareness around loneliness but won't unlock federal funding or programming devoted to combatting the issue. Research shows that Americans, who have become less engaged with worship houses, community organizations and even their own family members in recent decades, have steadily reported an increase in feelings of loneliness. The number of single households has also doubled over the last 60 years. But the crisis deeply worsened when COVID-19 spread, prompting schools and workplaces to shut their doors and sending millions of Americans to isolate at home away from relatives or friends. People culled their friend groups during the coronavirus pandemic and reduced time spent with those friends, the surgeon general's report finds. Americans spent about 20 minutes a day in person with friends in 2020, down from 60 minutes daily nearly two decades earlier. The loneliness epidemic is hitting young people, ages 15 to 24, especially hard. The age group reported a 70% drop in time spent with friends during the same period. Loneliness increases the risk of premature death by nearly 30%, with the report revealing that those with poor social relationships also had a greater risk of stroke and heart disease. Isolation also elevates a person's likelihood for experiencing depression, anxiety and dementia, according to the research. Murthy did not provide any data that illustrates how many people die directly from loneliness or isolation. The surgeon general is calling on workplaces, schools, technology companies, community organizations, parents and other people to make changes that will boost the country's connectedness. He advises people to join community groups and put down their phones when they're catching up with friends; employers to think carefully about their remote work policies; and health systems to provide training for doctors to recognize the health risks of loneliness. Technology has rapidly exacerbated the loneliness problem, with one study cited in the report finding that people who used social media for two hours or more daily were more than twice as likely to report feeling socially isolated than those who were on such apps for less than 30 minutes a day. Murthy said social media is driving the increase in loneliness in particular. His report suggests that technology companies roll out protections for children especially around their social media behavior. Story continues The declaration is intended to raise awareness around loneliness but won't unlock federal funding or programming devoted to combatting the issue. Research shows that Americans, who have become less engaged with worship houses, community organizations and even their own family members in recent decades, have steadily reported an increase in feelings of loneliness. The number of single households has also doubled over the last 60 years. But the crisis deeply worsened when COVID-19 spread, prompting schools and workplaces to shut their doors and sending millions of Americans to isolate at home away from relatives or friends. People culled their friend groups during the coronavirus pandemic and reduced time spent with those friends, the surgeon general's report finds. Americans spent about 20 minutes a day in person with friends in 2020, down from 60 minutes daily nearly two decades earlier. The loneliness epidemic is hitting young people, ages 15 to 24, especially hard. The age group reported a 70% drop in time spent with friends during the same period. Loneliness increases the risk of premature death by nearly 30%, with the report revealing that those with poor social relationships also had a greater risk of stroke and heart disease. Isolation also elevates a person's likelihood for experiencing depression, anxiety and dementia, according to the research. Murthy did not provide any data that illustrates how many people die directly from loneliness or isolation. The surgeon general is calling on workplaces, schools, technology companies, community organizations, parents and other people to make changes that will boost the country's connectedness. He advises people to join community groups and put down their phones when they're catching up with friends; employers to think carefully about their remote work policies; and health systems to provide training for doctors to recognize the health risks of loneliness. Technology has rapidly exacerbated the loneliness problem, with one study cited in the report finding that people who used social media for two hours or more daily were more than twice as likely to report feeling socially isolated than those who were on such apps for less than 30 minutes a day. Murthy said social media is driving the increase in loneliness in particular. His report suggests that technology companies roll out protections for children especially around their social media behavior. “There's really no substitute for in-person interaction,” Murthy said. “As we shifted to use technology more and more for our communication, we lost out on a lot of that in-person interaction. How do we design technology that strengthens our relationships as opposed to weaken them?” ___ This story has been updated to show that the surgeon general said loneliness poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, not 12.

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GF WANTS TO BREAK UP FOR A FEW MONTHS TO GO “EXPLORE WITH OTHER WOMEN” My (24M) Girlfriend (24F) feels she needs to explore being intimate with another woman Advertisements So we are in a difficult predicament at the minute and I’m having trouble understanding and digesting my girlfriends emotions. My (24M) girlfriend (24F) grew distant for a few days and I gave her space despite not communicating it. Anyway she decided to tell me last night when we met that she’s really struggling with her identity and feels she needs to experiment with women. I understand this and know she’s had a growing interest in women for a few months but now I think it is going to end our relationship. She said that she needs to “get these feelings out of her system” before we consider further commitment or look at starting a family. Advertisements Her intention is to break up for a few months so we can both explore then maybe get back together if we still want to. But then she is maybe open to being poly. This makes absolutely no sense to me as I love her and I don’t even want to consider being with anyone else and I think if we did go poly I would just be sat around waiting for her as I have no other interests. I don’t know the best way I can support her or whether my feelings of insecurity are valid. I’m starting to think I should just leave her to figure things out and move on with my life. For context we have been together for 3 years and this is our 3rd time breaking up. The last time she was also involved with another man ! But I put this behind me. Now I feel like I’m stuck in a loop with her but the good times are too good to give up. I’m confused. Edit: I have cut my losses now permanently and I think it came with a lot of remorse and denial on her end. She told me she’s losing her soul mate and she saw a future with me, but the hardest part was her telling me she loves me it just feels like such a lie. I remained gentlemanly of course and no hard feelings. Advertisements I feel relieved and I’m excited to focus on me and to see what the future holds.

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Interview: Burning Witches Talk Classic Albums, Live Shows and Women in Heavy Metal May 1, 2023 Emily Bellino Swiss heavy (and speed and power) metal torchbearers Burning Witches have spent the last eight years making a name for themselves as an all-woman band keeping the spirit of traditional metal alive. Even more impressive than their songwriting prowess is their ability to do so much of it—their new album, The Dark Tower, is their fifth since 2017. As Burning Witches prepare to release The Dark Tower this Friday, Decibel spoke to founding drummer Lala Frischknecht about The Dark Tower (and last album The Witch of the North), their focus on live shows and what it’s like to play in an metal band made exclusively of women. This is your fifth album in six years. Where do you find inspiration to keep cranking out new tunes, especially writing two of the albums in a pandemic? Romana [Kalkuhl, guitar] writes all the songs since the beginning of the band. She’s a natural born musician and well blessed with her ability and skills in making music. She always has a lot of ideas. Our previous album, The Witch of the North, was made during the peak of the pandemic where everything was closed and there was only a limited amount of people to gather together. But it didn’t affect us much because we had all our time to concentrate on every song. Romana wanted it to be an epic album. Compared to our new album, The Dark Tower, our time was limited since we just came back the first week of October from our tour in South America with the mighty Destruction and recording started in the first week of November. Everyone is so curious about this album. But I guess this album is something to be proud of despite the lack of time. The Dark Tower is a very classic heavy/power metal album. What influences are you working with? Yes, absolutely. I remember when Romana told me that she really wanted this album to be in the veins of classic heavy metal. Judas Priest and Iron Maiden are the most bands that influenced us. We always love to play heavy metal. Our first two albums (Burning Witches and Hexenhammer) are the same, it’s all in the vein of classic heavy metal with a touch of the more modern era. Perhaps it’s about time to bring back the classic Burning Witches sound. The band is based in different parts of Europe, right? Did the pandemic make writing this album and the one before ur more difficult? As I mentioned before, the pandemic did not affect us making the album The Witch of the North. In fact, it helped us big time to take everything smooth and easy. Unlike The Dark Tower, we were on tour almost the whole year, too busy and didn’t have time to make new songs. But before that, we already had four songs written, which includes the songs “The Dark Tower,” “Doomed to Die” and “World on Fire.” We are all living in Switzerland except for Laura [Guldemond, vocals], she lives in Holland. When Romana has material, we are the first ones who will jam the song here in Switzerland and then we usually send the material to Laura. She will send us rough recorded demo vocals and then we will continue to process the song together with Jay [Grob, bass] and Larissa [Ernst, guitar]. The Little Creek Studio is the place where the songs will have a final touch like additional melodies, other beat or groove, backing vocals and so on. We need to be creative and have ideas or other options to make the songs complete. Guitarist Larissa Ernst joined the band in 2020. How has her presence changed the way the band writes or records? Romana is making all the riffs and writing the songs except for lyrics. We are so happy that Larissa joined us. Our sound on stage is way heavier and clearer than before. Larissa is a great guitarist and [I] love her rhythms. She has a different style of solos which fits to the sound of Burning Witches. Now, she is on maternity leave and has been replaced by a shredder queen Miss Courtney Cox of the Iron Maidens. So everyone is looking forward for the next shows and we think that it will be amazing and will sound like a bomb. You’re a band of all women in the heavy metal scene. Has that affected your experience as a band thus far? Absolutely not. We always ignore the negative vibes and use it as a key to be strong. We love what we are doing. I think every person regardless of gender has a place in the music scene. As long as you can deliver it well and make justice of what you are doing, every woman can do whatever she wants to make her dreams come true. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the metal scene, or if you work for a company or somewhere else. We are also grateful to have our metal family like Damir Eskić (Gomorra & Destruction), Schmier (Destruction) and the rest of our family that always stands behind us no matter what. It would be for sure a hard journey without these people. We always work as a team. Love, respect and friendship are the important keys in Burning Witches. You basically have two albums that released during a time when live shows weren’t happening, and now a new one. Will you keep cranking out studio output or shift the focus to playing live now? We actually had a chance to promote The Witch of the North during the pandemic. We actually had some gigs and were one of the first bands that toured when the pandemic allowed it again! We also did a live streaming to help to promote the album. Nice to have social media and internet platforms that helped every band to get connected to their fans and listeners. Our focus is to promote our fifth album, The Dark Tower. We are always ready for live shows. We have many confirmed shows for now and offers keep on coming. We are so happy having this opportunity and always grateful to our fans that support us since the existence of the band. Nice to do something that you love and give that good energy to the people and make them smile. Totally priceless. Source : https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2023/05/01/interview-burning-witches-talk-classic-albums-live-shows-and-women-in-heavy-metal/

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TIM LAMBESIS EXPLAINS HOW NEW AS I LAY DYING MEMBERS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NEW ALBUM As I Lay Dying have made some significant changes since their last studio album, leaving many to wonder how their new additions might play into the band's future recordings. According to frontman Tim Lambesis, the full current lineup of the group has been working toward the next album. While speaking with Heavy New York (as seen below), Lambesis provided a studio update on the new album, specifically breaking down how the new members fit into the record. For those needing a refresher, Lambesis and guitarist Phil Sgrosso remain, with former Unearth drummer Nick Pierce behind the kit, Miss May I's Ryan Neff on bass and Unearth's Ken Susi on guitar. Lambesis said of the recent sessions, "Nick Pierce just finished tracking drums for the As I Lay Dying record a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, in modern times, that doesn't mean the record's coming out very soon, but it's in the works. We're working with Ryan Neff. Ken Susi's doing some solos. Nick Pierce already tracked the drums. So to answer some of those questions about, 'Are those guys contributing in any way?', obviously they are. We just haven't really had a final product to deliver yet." READ MORE: Tim Lambesis Has Married for a Third Time In addition to Lambesis' comments, the band has posted a few images through Instagram of themselves working in the studio. You can seethose below. As I Lay Dying kept their core lineup intact through a very successful start to their career and managed to put differences aside after Lambesis' incarceration for attempting to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife. During the singer's prison sentence, the band members formed Wovenwar, but after his release they reactivated the band and released 2019's Shaped By Fire. Guitarist Nick Hipa was the first to exit the reformed As I Lay Dying lineup in 2020, while bassist Josh Gilbert and drummer Jordan Mancino both exited in 2022. As I Lay Dying's Tim Lambesis Chats With Heavy New York Read More: Lambesis - New As I Lay Dying Members Will Contribute to Album | https://loudwire.com/tim-lambesis-new-as-i-lay-dying-members-contribute-new-album/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

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Update : Busty model Umi Shinonome is nude (again) in new photo book Gravure idol, YouTuber, and keen plastic model maker Umi Shinonome delighted us with her naked butt in her debut photo book released last year. Give the people what they want. It’s an old adage but always a winner. It seems that Shinonome is listening because she’s generously giving us more of the same (and some nice side boob) with her follow-up photo book, You Love the Sea (Umi), which is released this week in Japan. The book already entered a second print run prior to release. Her 2022 debut also went through several printings. Here are a few other highlights from the new photo book. Of course, what we really want to see is her naked breasts (a Japanese G-cup), not just her ass (as lovely as that is). Perhaps we can hope the busty 26-year-old does a Kyouka and goes nude for her retirement photo book (not that we want Umi Shinonome to retire any time soon). Though we remain loyal to the buttastic delights of Yuka Kuramochi, we think Umi Shinonome now wears the crown of the current Best Ass in Gravure. C’mon, just look at this!

Oral sex stoking throat cancer ‘epidemic’ in UK and US, say experts Oral sex stoking throat cancer ‘epidemic’ in UK and US, say experts Oral sex is stoking an “epidemic” of throat cancer, which is now more common than cervical cancer in the US and the UK, experts say. A new study claims that this has prompted a large rise in a specific type of throat cancer called oropharyngeal cancer, which affects the area of the tonsils and back of the throat. Dr Hisham Mehanna, from the UK’s University of Birmingham, said this was mainly caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which is also the main cause of cancer of the cervix. Dr Mehanna said people with multiple oral sex partners were up almost nine times more likely to develop the cancer. Writing in The Conversation, Dr Mehanna said: “Over the past two decades, there has been a rapid increase in throat cancer in the West, to the extent that some have called it an epidemic. “This has been due to a large rise in a specific type of throat cancer called oropharyngeal cancer.” Medical experts have pegged HPV infection to be the biggest risk factor for developing the disease. Dr Mehanna continued: “HPV is sexually transmitted. For oropharyngeal cancer, the main risk factor is the number of lifetime sexual partners, especially oral sex. “Those with six or more lifetime oral-sex partners are 8.5 times more likely to develop oropharyngeal cancer than those who do not practice oral sex.” In the UK, 80 per cent of adults reported practising oral sex at some point in their lives, Dr Mehanna said. Around 8,300 people are diagnosed with throat cancer each year in the UK, which is about 1 in every 50 cancers diagnosed, according to the NHS. More than 2 in 3 cases of mouth cancer develop in adults over the age of 55. Only 1 in 8 (12.5 per cent) happens in people younger than 50. Doctors say that oral sex is the biggest risk factor for developing the cancer — outstripping smoking, alcohol consumption, and an unhealthy diet. Dr Mehanna explained that this could lead to an HPV infection at the back of the throat or near the tonsil. These infections go away on their own in most cases but sometimes can persist and cause cancer. HPV is a common virus spread through vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who is already infected. There is a vaccine for HPV, which is more than 80 per cent effective and available in much of the developed world. According to most recent government data, HPV vaccine coverage in England for girls completing a 2-dose HPV schedule by Year 9 is 67.3 per cent. In boys, 62.4 per cent are double vaccinated.

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