DON'T EVER GIVE UP
Dog Day Saturday 2022-08-27 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. – Editorial Team (To stay on page right-click links to open in […]
2022-08-26 If you thought this summer’s heat waves were bad, a new study has some disturbing news about dangerous heat in the future Parts of China suffered through a monthslong heat wave in summer 2022. China Photos/Getty Images David Battisti, University of Washington As global temperatures rise, people in the tropics, including places like India and […]
2022-08-26 Timely Mental Health Care Is a Key Factor in Strike by Kaiser Permanente Workers Bernard J. Wolfson and Zinnia Finn [Editor’s note: KHN is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.] Workers picket in front of Kaiser Permanente’s hospital in Oakland, California. They and their union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, say staffing […]
Mental Health Friday 2022-08-26 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 […]
2022-08-25 From Book Stacks to Psychosis and Food Stamps, Librarians Confront a New Workplace Rachel Scheier For nearly two decades, Lisa Dunseth loved her job at San Francisco’s main public library, particularly her final seven years in the rare books department. But like many librarians, she saw plenty of chaos. Patrons racked by […]
Passion and Addiction By Bruce Wilson, PhD “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”- C.G. Jung How do passion and addiction differ? How are they similar? Could our passion escalate into an addiction? Is it possible to change an unhealthy addiction into a healthy […]
6 Things You Should do to Improve Yourself So you’ve decided the time has come to work on yourself. Good for you. We can all use a little self improvement. Here are 6 things you should do to improve yourself. #1 Fall in Love With Your Passion If you want to be happy, […]
2022-08-24 The $18,000 Breast Biopsy: When Having Insurance Costs You a Bundle Lauren Sausser When Dani Yuengling felt a lump in her right breast last summer, she tried to ignore it. She was 35, the same age her mother had been when she received a breast cancer diagnosis in 1997. The disease eventually […]
2022-08-24 For a More Sustainable Afterlife, Try Human Composting by T.J. Ford As many of us are trying to reduce our impact on the planet while we’re alive — we recycle, we bike, we drive electric cars — it makes sense to think about how to reduce that impact when we die. Unfortunately, the most […]
2022-08-24 Yoga versus democracy? What survey data says about spiritual Americans’ political behavior Evan Stewart, UMass Boston and Jaime Kucinskas, Hamilton College As the United States gets less religious, is it also getting more selfish? Historically, religious Americans have been civically engaged. Through churches and other faith-based organizations, congregants volunteer, engage in local and national civic […]