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Mental Health Friday 2022-11-11 On Mental Health Friday, we post, in alphabetical order, one per week, information on mental health disorders. Mental Health Friday is for informational purposes only, and is in no way meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please do not self diagnose and seek professional help for what […]
2022-11-10 People With Long Covid Face Barriers to Government Disability Benefits Betsy Ladyzhets When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with covid-19 in spring 2020, she didn’t anticipate that the virus would knock her out of work for two years and put her family at risk for eviction. Taveras, a mother of two in […]
Why magical thinking is so widespread – a look at the psychological roots of common superstitions Lucky charms help us feel safer in an uncertain world. Image Source via Getty Images Dimitris Xygalatas, University of Connecticut Growing up in Greece, I spent my summers at my grandparents’ home in a small coastal village in the […]
Finding Your Passion By Linda Cattelan A really good friend of mine is always saying “when you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life”. It’s a mantra and quote that has stuck with me for many years now and words of wisdom I live by and […]
2022-11-09 Pfizer’s Covid Cash Powers a ‘Marketing Machine’ on the Hunt for New Supernovas Arthur Allen For drugmaker Pfizer, a fortune amassed in the covid pandemic is now paving the path to pharma nirvana: a weight loss pill worth billions. The company has reaped nearly $100 billion from selling covid-19 vaccines and treatments […]
The Roots Of Alternative Medicine By: Lee Dobbins Alternative medicine and modern medicine have may differences and whose to say which is best? Today, we expect doctors and medicines to fix whatever ails us instantly and doctors only look at the current physical problem when diagnosing our needs. Alternative or holistic medicine, on […]
2022-11-09 For Many Disabled Patients, the Doctor Is Often Not In by Emma Yasinski Ben Salentine, associate director of health sciences managed care at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, hasn’t been weighed in more than a decade. His doctors “just kind of guess,” his weight, he said, because they don’t have […]
Cat Wednesday 2022-11-09 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 […]
2022-11-08 Supreme Court to Hear Nursing Home Case That Could Affect Millions Farah Yousry, Side Effects Public Media When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her elderly father’s care before he died, she hoped to get justice for her family. She did not expect the case would grow into a national bellwether. […]
5 Tips to Protect Seniors from Financial Scams Right Now (StatePoint) Social isolation among seniors is not only linked to numerous negative health consequences like depression and cardiovascular disease, but it’s also a primary contributing factor in financial exploitation and scams. Estimated to affect one in 10 older adults and cost billions annually, the […]