DON'T EVER GIVE UP
2022-06-05 Despite a First-Ever ‘Right-to-Repair’ Law, There’s No Easy Fix for Wheelchair Users Markian Hawryluk Robin Bolduc isn’t the type of person who takes “no” for an answer — particularly when it comes to fixing her husband’s wheelchair. Her husband, Bruce Goguen, 69, is paralyzed from multiple sclerosis. And without his chair, he […]
Teachers often struggle to address mass traumatic events in class Educators get little to no training in how to deal with traumatic events. Pixelimage / Getty Images Jennifer Greif Green, Boston University; Jonathan S. Comer, Florida International University, and Melissa Holt, Boston University After the Paris attacks of 2015 – a series of attacks in […]
We feel, and studies suggest, that cooking can be a form of therapy for many. On Sunday, we post recipes for those looking for new ways to diversify their cookbooks (we do not get paid for this). —Editorial Team. Whip Up a Bountiful Weekend Brunch (Family Features) Fresh air, warm sun […]
2022-06-04 ‘Desperate Situation’: States Are Housing High-Needs Foster Kids in Offices and Hotels Sam Whitehead Isela Perez entered the custody of Georgia’s child welfare system at age 10. It happened after her father was deported and her mother left her and her brother alone in their home for two weeks, she said. Perez […]
7 Behavioral Health Tips for Older Adults (StatePoint) Older adults experiencing a behavioral health issue such as anxiety or depression may be embarrassed and think they simply need to “pull themselves up by their bootstraps,” but helping them seek help can empower them to live their best lives, according to experts. “Everyone […]
‘Masked’ cancer drug stealthily trains immune system to kill tumors while sparing healthy tissues, reducing treatment side effects Dendritic cells (green) produce cytokines like IL-12, which can train T cells (pink) to attack tumors. Victor Segura Ibarra and Rita Serda/National Cancer Institute via Flickr, CC BY-NC Aslan Mansurov, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular […]
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 as pets. – […]
2022-06-03 Taco Bowls and Chicken Curry: Medi-Cal Delivers Ready Meals in Grand Health Care Experiment Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News and Angela Hart Every Friday, Frances De Los Santos waits for a shipment of healthy, prepared meals to land on her front porch at the edge of the Mojave Desert. From […]
3 Tips to Maintain Brain Health (Family Features) Many people are fearful of developing Alzheimer’s disease, especially those with a family history of the condition. Researchers are investigating innovative treatments for Alzheimer’s and other dementias, but no cure exists right now. There are steps people can take, however, to help maintain and support their brain […]
2022-06-03 The Long, Uncertain Road to Artificial General Intelligence By Tristan Greene Last month, DeepMind, a subsidiary of technology giant Alphabet, set Silicon Valley abuzz when it announced Gato, perhaps the most versatile artificial intelligence model in existence. Billed as a “generalist agent,” Gato can perform over 600 different tasks. It can drive a robot, […]