DON'T EVER GIVE UP
A Guide to motivate yourself Monday through Sunday Author: Evelyn Olson I found myself one day extremely tired, completely unmotivated, and feeling lost in my daily routine. Those around me congratulated me on hitting certain milestones I accomplished, and even with a big smile on my face, I felt stuck in the same […]
Discussing Mental Health By our editorial team Mental health is an important topic that many people ignore. Mental health has a huge impact on the individual and the society. The mental health of a person can affect their work performance, relationships, and other aspects of their life. There are many types of […]
Cat Wednesday 2022-11-16 Owning and interacting with pets, according to studies, can be a form of therapy for many. We have dedicated Saturday to dogs and Wednesday to cats, when we will post an article on each of those days. We will also post articles on occasion about other animals people may have […]
2022-11-15 Stopping the Churn: Why Some States Want to Guarantee Medicaid Coverage From Birth to Age 6 Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Before the covid-19 public health emergency began in 2020, millions of children churned on and off Medicaid each year — an indication that many were losing coverage because of administrative problems, […]
What to Know About a Career in the Growing Home Healthcare Industry (StatePoint) Medical professionals, patients and their families are increasingly seeing the value of home care, and the industry is expected to grow. In fact, home health and personal care aide job openings are projected to grow 33% from 2020 to […]
Anxiety detection and treatment in early childhood can lower risk for long-term mental health issues – an expert panel now recommends screening starting at age 8 People who experience anxiety in childhood are more likely to deal with it in adulthood too. fizkes/iStock via Getty Images Plus Elana Bernstein, University of Dayton The U.S. Preventive Services […]
2022-11-14 Fentanyl in High School: A Texas Community Grapples With the Reach of the Deadly Opioid Colleen DeGuzman KYLE, Texas — The hallways of Lehman High School looked like any other on a recent fall day. Its 2,100 students talked and laughed as they hurried to their next classes, moving past walls covered […]
Fear and Freedom Bruce Wilson, PhD “Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” – Marilyn Ferguson When we have fear, we build walls to feel protected. These walls may protect us temporarily but they also limit our freedom and potential to be who we want to be. […]
STEM Graduate Programs Should Embrace Failure by Brittany Trang A few months ago, the culmination of my Ph.D. research was published in Science, the journal of any STEM graduate student’s dreams. My colleagues and I reported on a potential kill-switch we had found to destroy “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, a class of man-made pollutants that […]
2022-11-13 Homelessness Among Older People Is on the Rise, Driven by Inflation and the Housing Crunch Aaron Bolton COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — On a recent rainy afternoon in this small town just outside Glacier National Park, Lisa Beaty and Kim Hilton were preparing to sell most of their belongings before moving out of […]