Where Mendway's facts come from

Mendway shows a few facts about health and helplines. This page lists each one and the page it comes from. No doctor or clinician has reviewed Mendway's wording.

Body timelines

The Forest tab's Body section shows typical timelines. They are not a prediction about you.

Drinking

• Blood pressure typically starts settling lower: ahajournals.org
• Sleep usually gets rockier before it steadies: elsevier.es

Smoking

• Heart rate typically settles within a day: smokefree.gov
• Taste usually starts coming back: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Lung function typically improves over the first few months: who.int

Vaping

• Heart rate typically settles within a day: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Sugar & fast food

• Cutting-back symptoms are usually most intense in the first few days: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Energy usually picks up: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Gaming

• Day-to-day stress usually eases: doi.org

Helplines

The numbers and hours come from each helpline's own website.

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988lifeline.org
• SAMHSA National Helpline: samhsa.gov
• ANAD helpline: anad.org