Viral TikToker Who Spreads ‘Library Joy’ Resigns Due To Mental Health
Mychal Threets went viral when he led a campaign to launch a Scholastic Book Fair for adults in 2020. Mychal Threets Instagram Mychal Threets announced in an Instagram video that he is resigning from his job as a librarian at the Solano County Public Library in California to work on his mental health. “Dear Solano […]
Brooke Shields Says Bradley Cooper Helped Her Through ‘Surreal’ Seizure Incident
LOADINGERROR LOADING Brooke Shields says actor Bradley Cooper went into full rescue mode after she had a recent health scare. Shields recalled her friend Cooper coming to her aid after she had a grand mal seizure at a restaurant in New York City before a performance of her one-woman show, “Previously Owned by Brooke Shields,” […]
10 Myths About Mental Illness in Crime Fiction
I’m the rare girl who went to medical school with a love of watching whodunits and ended up — 10 gruelling years later — a forensic psychiatrist. Forensic psychiatry is the most thrilling job imaginable, but forensic psychiatrists in mysteries and crime TV have some very different roles than we do in real life. We […]
Opinion | The Agonizing Decision of Caring for an Abusive Parent
“My parents abused me as a child. I went ‘no contact’ with them over 10 years ago, but now my dad is in the hospital with a serious diagnosis and the discharge planner keeps asking me to be involved. I don’t want to. What are my rights?” I read the lengthy message several times, feeling […]
New York Nurses Strike for Better Staffing
More than 7,000 New York City nurses went on strike Monday after their union failed to secure contracts demanding increased staffing levels with Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Health System. The nurses, who are members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), joined the picket line at 7 a.m. Monday, following the union’s failed […]
Time Flies By Faster As We Get Older. Here’s Why.
For many people, 2022 went by in a blink ― doesn’t it feel like it was just January? But for others, especially children, last year’s holidays may seem like eons ago. There’s a reason why you may feel like the years moved slowly when you were a kid, but zoom by now. Experts say our […]
‘Junk Sleep’ Could Explain Why You’re Tired After A Full Night’s Rest
Your alarm just went off. Ugh. Still tired, you groan and press “snooze” a couple more times before eventually forcing yourself out of bed. After doing the math, you realize you technically slept enough hours (even though you could definitely sleep more). Maybe you’ve even been trying to go to bed earlier and feel frustrated […]
Halos and dark matter: A recipe for discovery: No, scientists still don’t know what dark matter is. But MSU scientists helped uncover new physics while looking for it.
About three years ago, Wolfgang “Wolfi” Mittig and Yassid Ayyad went looking for the universe’s missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom. Their expedition didn’t lead them to dark matter, but they still found something that had never been seen before, something that defied explanation. Well, at least an […]
Make the Diagnosis: Urinary Symptoms — What’s Your Diagnosis?
Presentation A 58-year-old man went to the urgent care complaining of frequent and painful urination that appears “cloudy”, occurring over the course of a few days, all throughout the day. The patient notes that they feel a slight pressure / pain in their lower back but that they feel fine otherwise. Patient is immunocompetent and […]
Physicians Are Struggling With Feelings of Betrayal
We went into medicine to help people, and now we struggle with feelings of betrayal. We sacrificed so much. While our cohort in college went on to graduate and earn an income and start families, we continued with medical school, an all-in venture financially and personally, demanding all our time, efforts, and attention. Then we […]