DON'T EVER GIVE UP
2022-04-21 Why Cheap, Older Drugs That Might Treat Covid Never Get Out of the Lab Arthur Allen In March 2020, Dr. Joseph Vinetz left the contemplative world of his Yale University infectious-disease laboratory and plunged into the covid ward at Yale New Haven Hospital, joining an army of health care workers who struggled to […]
Why Researchers Want Broader Access to Social Media Data By Teresa Carr Within days of Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, several social media companies took steps to reduce the circulation of Russian state-backed media and anti-Ukrainian propaganda. Meta (formerly Facebook), for example, said it took down about 40 accounts, part of a larger network that […]
Savant Syndrome – A Gift or a Curse? “I have been given the gift of solving complex engineering problems, but to pay for the gift I’m socially crippled”- John Robinson (Mechanical Engineer Savant). I present that quote because I believe it speaks for everyone that has Savant Syndrome or is associated in […]
2022-04-20 Better Ventilation Can Prevent Covid Spread. But Are Companies Paying Attention? Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Americans are abandoning their masks. They’re done with physical distancing. And, let’s face it, some people are just never going to get vaccinated. Yet a lot can still be done to prevent covid infections and curb […]
The Big Problem of Burnout for Mental Health Professionals By Dr. Dawn Brown The COVID-19 pandemic brought many big challenges into our lives, from the obvious one of the threat to global health to the more peripheral problems that resulted. Living through 2020 and beyond has taken its toll, particularly in the […]
French Women Don’t Get Fat – Book Review By: Nicole Beck French women seem to enjoy breads, desserts, and wine, but then don’t gain the weight. American women, on the other hand, just think about snacking and magically put on ten pounds. In her bestselling book, French Women Don’t Get Fat : The Secret […]
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. – […]
2022-04-19 Washington State Retools First-in-the-Nation Long-Term Care Benefit Michelle Andrews Patricia Keys, 71 and a stroke survivor, needs help with many everyday activities, such as dressing and bathing. Her daughter Christina, who lives near her mom in Vancouver, Washington, cares for her in the evenings and pays about $3,000 a month for help from […]
The Search for Meaning By June Stepansky I recently read an article about Viktor Frankl 1905-1997 the Austrian psychiatrist and best selling author of the “Man’s Search for Meaning.” He was an Auschwitz survivor who wrote this book after the war in 1946 to set down his ideas about the important subject […]
Teen Depression: More Than Just Moodiness Being a teenager can be tough, but it shouldn’t feel hopeless. If you have been feeling sad most of the time for a few weeks or longer and you’re not able to concentrate or do the things you used to enjoy, talk to a trusted adult about depression. […]