Eoin Black
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As medical student, and more importantly as a person, my aim is to inspire and educate people on my two greatest passions; Medical science and skydiving along with perhaps a few other interesting and exciting topics.
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Beyond the Horizon!
I did my first freefall skydive when I was 18 years old, two instructors latched either side of me and my very own parachute mounted to my back. It was a navigator 200, I knew nothing about it but it was on me now and I had to put my full faith in it to work. This was my AFF level 1, the first step to achieving my skydiving licence and had put me £300 out of pocket. Now for some £300 might seem an insignificant amount of money but for 18-year-old me who had just failed to get into university, worked long hours for little money, and had no real plan for the year ahead, it may as well have been my mortgage. Think how many times you've punched your pin number into the keypad of a card reader or ATM and tell me, how many times did that change your life? That one transaction, that £300 was perhaps the best decision I've ever made. Right here, in this moment, nothing was going to be the same again and as I sat on that aircraft with the door about to open, my life supposedly about to be revolutionised, all I was ready to do was sh*t my pants. The only thing that would be changing that day would be my underwear.
By Eoin Black7 years ago in Motivation
5 Hormones You Probably Never Knew You Had
Okay so we've all heard of hormones and, if like me you managed to survive your teenage years, you probably have a fair idea what they can do to your body (and your mood). Teenage girls becoming moody and boys getting aggressive is always brushed aside with "it must be the hormones" which at times makes us wonder why we even need them anyway. For most of us, we will have been taught about hormones when we had a sexual education class at school, or perhaps by a parent/guardian, but what you don't realize is that you were only really taught about three or so hormones at best... Testosterone, Progesterone and Oestrogen. And you may have heard of a few other popular ones like insulin and adrenalin. So without further ado, let me change your perception of hormones forever with five hormones you are certainly glad you have with this medical students guide.
By Eoin Black8 years ago in Futurism
