DON'T EVER GIVE UP
2021-11-13 The ‘great resignation’ is a trend that began before the pandemic – and bosses need to get used to it Employers are having a harder time recruiting new workers. AP Photo/Marta Lavandier Ian O. Williamson, University of California, Irvine Finding good employees has always been a challenge – but these days it’s harder than ever. […]
2021-11-12 Researcher: Medicare Advantage Plans Costing Billions More Than They Should Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Switching seniors to Medicare Advantage plans has cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars more than keeping them in original Medicare, a cost that has exploded since 2018 and is likely to rise even higher, new research has […]
Food for Thought – Taking on Childhood Obesity When it comes to our children we would do anything for them. They are the reasons we work overtime, work multiple jobs and push ourselves to the limit. We make these sacrifices so we can provide them with the things we never had to show them how […]
Today’s Topic: Caffeine dependence 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. […]
2021-11-11 Veterans Day: How crosses and mementos help these Marines remember fallen comrades Crosses in honor of fallen Marines stand atop a hill near Camp Pendleton, California. Katrina Finkelstein, CC BY Katrina Finkelstein, University of Tennessee and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee On Veterans Day, people across America will thank veterans and active-duty military personnel […]
2021-11-11 Hormone Blocker Sticker Shock — Again — As Patients Lose Cheaper Drug Option Sydney Lupkin, NPR News Sudeep Taksali thought he’d won his battle to avoid a steep price tag on a medicine for his daughter. He was wrong. In 2020, he’d fought to get insurance to cover a lower-priced version of a […]
Hearing the Stories of Veterans and Advocates Nationwide (StatePoint) The years after military service can be fraught, as many veterans are dealing with both physical and invisible wounds of war. A new campaign hopes to draw attention both to the struggles those who have served in the military face and the ways veterans have […]
2021-11-10 As Constituents Clamor for Ivermectin, Republican Politicians Embrace the Cause Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio When state senators in South Carolina held two hearings in September about covid-19 treatments, they got an earful on the benefits of ivermectin — which many of the lawmakers echoed, sharing experiences of their own loved ones. The […]
2021-11-10 Florida Program to Aid Brain-Damaged Kids Often Told Families No. It’s Promising to Change. by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Republished from propublica.org under a creative commons license. […]
2021-11-10 A Judge Takes His Mental Health Struggles Public Mark Kreidler In 1972, just 18 days after he was selected to run for vice president with Democratic Sen. George McGovern, Thomas Eagleton was forced off the ticket. The issue? Years earlier, Eagleton had been hospitalized and treated with electroshock therapy for depression. The disclosure […]