Opinion | ‘The Real Risk Is a Bad Trip’: What We Heard This Week
“The real risk is a bad trip.” — Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, of Stanford University in California, on the risks of off-label ketamine use. “It is like trying to compare apples with artichokes.” — Douglas Smith, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, discussing earlier studies of Havana syndrome patients and current NIH […]
7 Journals That Can Help Your Mental Health, According To Therapists
Amazon An open Moleskine journal and The Five Minute Journal from Amazon. What’s the real value of journaling? According to mental health experts, its worth can hardly be overstated. “Journaling is amazing. It can help lower depression and anxiety by helping reframe our thoughts,” therapist David Ibrahim, who runs Los Angeles-based trauma therapy clinic Glendale […]
This Beloved Beverage Has Gone Viral — But You Might Want To Think Twice Before Drinking It
DekiArt via Getty Images “The Real Reason You Should Drink Lemon Water!” “Lemon Water: Refreshing, Hydrating, And Health-Ful” “Lemon Water Is a Tasty Way to Hydrate — Das It” These are just a few of the titles of the thousands of TikTok videos touting the perks of lemon water. The beverage, which is just adding […]
10 Genius Ways To Switch Your Brain Into ‘Leisure Mode’
Burnout is a very real issue that’s only getting more and more common. The days of walking out of the office and leaving work behind are harder to come by. The American Psychological Association surveyed adult U.S. workers and found that 79% felt work-related stress, 36% said their job caused cognitive weariness, 32% were emotionally […]
What Makes A ‘Core Memory’?
“Core memories” aren’t a real concept in neuroscience or in mental health. Instead, the idea was made famous by the Pixar movie “Inside Out,” in which core memories are described as “a super important time in [someone’s] life” and a memory that “powers a different aspect of [someone’s] personality.” In the real world, the idea […]
4 Major Problems Dentists Are Seeing Because Of The Pandemic
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people avoided the dentist unless there was a real emergency (in fact, this is still the case for many). People have been afraid of the possibility of encountering COVID in public spaces — and, in the case of the dentist, afraid of having to take off their […]
Opinion | ‘A Big Step in Combating a Pervasive Myth’: What We Heard This Week
“This is a big step in combating a pervasive myth that continues to cause very real harms to Americans.” — Ryan Marino, MD, of University Hospitals in Cleveland, on a video taken down by the CDC after complaints it misled law enforcement officers about their risk of fentanyl overdose on the job. “As our [monkeypox] […]
Changes in vegetation shaped global temperatures over last 10,000 years
Follow the pollen. Records from past plant life tell the real story of global temperatures, according to research from a climate scientist at Washington University in St. Louis. Warmer temperatures brought plants — and then came even warmer temperatures, according to new model simulations published April 15 in Science Advances. Alexander Thompson, a postdoctoral research […]
New research shows what it takes to make society change for the better
Many people try to make society change for the better. The real challenge is how to get good solutions to scale up for major change. New research suggests that social change may depend on the relationship between beneficial behaviors and policies. The research, conducted by the University of Maine, University of Maine at Augusta, University […]
Excess sugar consumption costs Canada’s health-care system $5 billion each year, study finds: Researchers urge use of taxation, education and subsidies to encourage better eating habits
Imagine if the real cost to society of the food you buy at the grocery store was built right into each product’s price. Everything with added sugar would cost a whole lot more, according to University of Alberta researchers in a new study in The Canadian Journal of Public Health. They peg the economic burden […]