DON'T EVER GIVE UP
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 ails you. Today’s Topic: […]
2022-06-02 Abortion Opponents Take Political Risks by Dropping Exceptions for Rape, Incest, and the Mother’s Life Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News If it seems as though the anti-abortion movement has gotten more extreme in recent months, that’s because it has. But it’s not the first time — positions taken by both sides […]
How to Find Hope When Hopelessness Attacks By: Melissa Quiter Often, life can seem very overwhelming. When you are constantly being faced with one challenging situation after another, it can begin to feel exhausting to continue trying. What is the point of constantly fighting back when the only reward is, yet, another challenge to […]
2022-06-01 Her First Colonoscopy Cost Her $0. Her Second Cost $2,185. Why? Michelle Andrews Elizabeth Melville and her husband are gradually hiking all 48 mountain peaks that top 4,000 feet in New Hampshire. “I want to do everything I can to stay healthy so that I can be skiing and hiking into my […]
The Self-Saboteur By Bruce Wilson “I am the greatest obstacle to my greatest dreams.”-Craig D. Lounsbrough Why do we stand in our own way? What possible payoffs could entice someone to repeatedly self-sabotage? Are there any identifiable precursors that could help us comprehend the bewildering mindset of the self-saboteur? Some have […]
2022-05-31 Can a Monthly Injection Be the Key to Curbing Addiction? These Experts Say Yes Jenny Gold OAKLAND — Dr. Andrew Herring has a clear goal walking into every appointment with patients seeking medication to treat an opioid use disorder: persuade them to get an injection of extended-release buprenorphine. At his addiction clinic […]
2022-05-31 Book Review: A Timely History of Nuclear Catastrophes By Mark Wolverton Russia’s invasion of Ukraine not only reminded the world of all the usual horrors of modern warfare, but also stirred the long-slumbering spectre of nuclear catastrophe, both in the form of nuclear war à la “Dr. Strangelove” and of civilian disaster à la […]
The tale of the domesticated horse The beloved animal has shaped human history over millennia, just as people have influenced its evolution — but only recently have scientists discovered exactly when and where it went from wild to tame By Amber Dance They say dogs are man’s best friend, but horses could also claim […]
2022-05-30 Burned Out by Covid and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Unionize Sarah Kwon In the early weeks of the pandemic, Dr. Lorenzo González, then a second-year resident of family medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, ran on fumes, working as many as 80 hours a week in the ICU. He was constantly petrified that […]
Can Stress Hurt Your Teeth and Jaw? By Dr. Paul Coombs While some of the effects that stress can have on your physical and mental healthy are obvious, others are more subtle. As a prime example, many people aren’t aware that stress can contribute to temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ disorder for short) […]