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Mental health
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
10 months ago
Mental health

Nervousness: 10 Practical Tips to Stop Being Nervous

Develop self-awareness to recognize when you are feeling nervous and take steps to manage your anxiety.
Practice deep breathing and mindful meditation to help reduce stress and anxiety levels.
Utilize positive self-talk and positive affirmations to help shift your focus away from the negative and towards the positive. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
10 months ago
Mental health

Ambiguous Loss: What it Means Living With Unresolved Grief

1. Ambiguous grief is a type of grief felt when a person experiences loss or trauma but cannot properly process it due to the lack of information or a tangible source of grief.
2. It is important to recognize the symptoms of ambiguous grief, which can include feelings of confusion, helplessness, guilt
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Mental health

Are male doctors quick to diagnose mental illness in women? | Letters

I am not surprised to hear that women are overdiagnosed with mental illnesses (Are women really more mentally ill than men?As a psychologist, I'm not so sure, 8 March).In my 30s, I developed systemic lupus erythematosus, which went undiagnosed for several years, my symptoms wrongly diagnosed by (male) GPs as stress triggered by a high-powered job.
Happiful Magazine
1 year ago
Mental health

Is constipation making your child miserable?

Every parent goes through That Phase.The one where your child, no matter what you try, seems to struggle to poo.It's estimated up to one in three children in the UK has constipation.at any one time, thanks to illness, poor diet, fear of using the toilet, and poor toilet training.It comes as no surprise that constipation can make little ones miserable.
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 year ago
Mental health

Postpartum Intrusive Thoughts: How To Overcome

Postpartum is already a very difficult time for new parents.Imagine being troubled by intrusive thoughts that overtake your mind every time you think about your baby.Having a newborn take over your life and heart can be extremely overwhelming and exhausting.You're happy to have that little piece of your heart in your life; you're so protective of them that you don't want any harm to come to them.
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Wellness
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Wellness

Why Do Women Have More Sleep Issues Than Men?

Q: I'm a woman in a heterosexual relationship, and my partner always seems to fall asleep faster (and stay asleep longer) than me.What's going on?Do men have an easier time sleeping than women?Trouble falling or staying asleep is common, especially as you age.And for women, research suggests, the difficulties can be even greater.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Wellness

The Truth About the Internet's Favorite Stress Hormone

Maybe you can't sleep.Or you sleep too much.Maybe you keep breaking out, or getting sick.Perhaps your stomach bloats, your skin sags, you feel shaky.Maybe you can't focus, eat or get rid of the tension in your spine.If you've scrolled through TikTok lately, you might be inclined to blame one or all of these things on your cortisol levels.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Wellness

Weight Watchers wins when our diets fail it won't change society's broken thinking around food | Susie Orbach

It's no surprise that shares in Weight Watchers International surged more than 70% earlier this month after its acquisition of Sequence, a US telehealth service linking patients with doctors who can prescribe semaglutide medications, which suppress appetite and are being used for weight loss.I'd argue that Weight Watchers is not so much in the weight-loss business.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Wellness

How a Personal Trainer Plans His Workouts

Hannah SeoBuilding muscle in Brooklyn Hannah SeoBuilding muscle in Brooklyn Giacomo Bagnara Finding a weekly workout routine can be tough.What exercises should you do on what day, for how long, in what combination?I asked Maillard Howell, a personal trainer in Brooklyn and co-owner of Dean CrossFit, to describe his ideal weekly workout Hannah SeoBuilding muscle in Brooklyn The biggest hurdle is psychological.
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www.fatherhood.gov
10 months ago
Fathers

NRFC Data Spotlight: Fathers and Domestic Violence

Domestic violence has been shown to have negative effects on fathers' interactions and relationships with their children.Children exposed to domestic violence are at risk for psychological, social, and behavioral problems.Domestic violence can also affect fathers' well-being, stability, and ability to parent.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Shrinking, Bending, And Wrinkling: What To Expect As Your Penis Ages

Your penis is a big reason you got into this whole parenting thing, so it's in your best interest to know what happens to it as you age.You're undoubtedly familiar with the tell-tale signs of aging.Your skin wrinkles, your hair goes gray, the pockets of your corduroys magically fill with hard candies.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

The Intimate Art of Pre-Birth Perineal Massage

For most of a woman's life the perineum tends to be just another part of the pelvic floor - a fleshy, muscular space between the anus and vaginal opening that's taken for granted at spin class.But the perineum is a crucial anatomical player in childbirth.So much so that a perineal massage, applied regularly in the later stages of pregnancy can lead to an easier and less painful delivery.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
France news

Screaming mother witnessed savage' Annecy stabbing in French Alps latest

1686230048 One of the children injured in a knife attack in a playground in France is a British national.Foreign secretary James Cleverly confirmed their nationality in a statement following multiple stabbings in the town of Annecy in the French alps.President Emmanuel Macron called the attack an act of absolute cowardice and said the nation is in shock.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
France news

Screaming mother witnessed savage' Annecy stabbing in French Alps latest

1686230048 One of the children injured in a knife attack in a playground in France is a British national.Foreign secretary James Cleverly confirmed their nationality in a statement following multiple stabbings in the town of Annecy in the French alps.President Emmanuel Macron called the attack an act of absolute cowardice and said the nation is in shock.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

Jesuits admit artist excommunicated before new abuse claims

The head of Pope Francis' Jesuit religious order admitted Wednesday that a famous Jesuit priest had been convicted of one of the most serious crimes in the Catholic Church some two years before the Vatican decided to shelve another case against him for allegedly abusing other adult women under his spiritual care.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

Jesuit artist has ministry cut; Vatican doesn't prosecute

The Vatican came under pressure Tuesday to explain why it didn't prosecute a famous Jesuit artist and merely let his order restrict the priest's ministry following allegations that he abused his authority over adult women.The Jesuits, the same order to which Pope Francis belongs, announced in a statement made public this week that the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith had determined the statute of limitations had expired and closed the case against the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik.
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
10 months ago
Mental health

Understanding Abortion Grief: Mourning Signs, Risk Factors, And Coping Tips

1. Allow yourself to grieve: It is important to recognize the feelings of grief that may come with an abortion and to allow yourself to experience them in order to move forward.
2. Seek Support: Finding a supportive community or professional help can be beneficial in helping to cope with grief.
3. Take Care of Yourself: Taking care of your physical and mental health is essential to helping cope with the grief of an abortion. This includes engaging in activities that help with relaxation [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
11 months ago
Science

The Brain Fog' of Long COVID Is a Serious Medical Issue That Needs More Attention

This isn't a fog.This is life under an ice sheet.The term brain fog has everyone I meet expecting I'll be better any day now.This is what one of us (Ken) wrote in his journal about the periodic memory loss and inability to concentrate that he experienced throughout 2022, when he struggled with symptoms of long COVID.
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
11 months ago
Mental health

"I Feel Dead Inside" | Signs, Causes, And How to Stop

Emotions are complex, aren't they?One moment, they are clear and the next, they get all muddled.There have been times in my life when I've struggled to define what I was feeling and experiencing.And I remember summing it all up to my friends and therapist as feeling "dead inside".It was more than confusion, more than just sadness, and more than just feeling numb.
Happiful Magazine
1 year ago
Mental health

4 ways to connect with your core emotions and enhance your life

What are our key feelings, and how can accepting them enhance our lives?The vast spectrum of emotions can be a minefield.It can be hard to know how to express the things we're feeling, in part because being 'in touch' with our own emotions doesn't always come naturally - at least, perhaps in this day and age, when putting your feelings aside in favour of agreeableness is common practice.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Europe news

Photographing a year of war and resilience in Ukraine

In January 2022, a woman walks toward what was the only crossing between the rest of Ukraine and the northernmost occupied territory, manned by guards on both sides who check documents in Stanytsia Luhanska, in eastern Ukraine.Claire Harbage/NPR Last January, I visited Ukraine for the first time before the Russian invasion and I ended up spending over half of the year there.
time.com
1 year ago
Wellness

Stop Spending Money to Avoid Uncomfortable Emotions

While money can't buy lasting happiness, it can buy you a whole lot of pleasure.The problem is, pleasurable feelings only last till the newness wears offwhen the final episode plays, or the bottle of wine runs dry, the happiness you might have briefly felt also disappears.Material items and bought experiences can make us feel good.
Breaking Muscle
10 months ago
Exercise

4 BCAA Benefits: Muscle Growth, Better Recovery, and More - Breaking Muscle

Get the full rundown on these three essential aminos.Some unscrupulous supplement marketers are sometimes more focused on catching attention than delivering results, and it can be hard to avoid potentially questionable claims.It's important to know which foods, nutrients, and nutritional supplements can actually offer reasonably measured health, psychological, or performance benefits.
Fatherly
11 months ago
Fathers

This Study Will Break Your Habit Of Checking The Clock When You Can't Sleep

We've all been there - lying awake in the middle of the night, staring at the clock, doing mental gymnastics to figure out how much sleep we'll get if we could just fall asleep right that second.It's a frustrating, if familiar, scenario, and it's one that actually worsens your insomnia.And, in a new study, researchers from Indiana University recently discovered that clock-watching is not only associated with worsening insomnia but also increased use of sleep aids.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Wellness

Day 6: Don't cancel those plans

This is Day 6 of Well's 7-day Happiness Challenge.To start at the beginning, click here.Predicting how a future event will make us feel is known in psychology as affective forecasting and most human beings are pretty lousy at it.People are terrible at knowing what is good for them, said Dr. Bob Waldinger, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and we seem particularly bad at forecasting the benefits of relationships.
Inverse
1 year ago
Health

This overlooked biometric on fitness trackers could reveal how healthy your heart is

Your heart beats around 100,000 times every day.Heart rate is a key marker of cardiovascular activity and an important vital sign.But your pulse is not as steady as a precision clock - nor would you want it to be.As a cardiovascular physiologist, I measure heart rate in nearly every experiment my students and I perform.
iRunFar
10 months ago
Running

The Difficult Art of Peaking for Running Races

The final weeks before an event are the toughest to get right.The common notion that all hard work must cease and inactivity must ensue is incorrect.It's also foolhardy to continue amassing mileage and tough workouts as race day nears in hopes of improving fitness.Depending on your approach to this all-important time period, you may be left feeling lethargic or simply exhausted.
Goodreads
10 months ago
Books

Sadie Hartmann's review of Camp Damascus

1. Reading can be an enjoyable and educational experience. 2. Keeping track of books you have read can help you better organize and appreciate your reading experiences. 3. Different genres of books can provide a variety of different perspectives on the same topics.
www.dw.com
11 months ago
Books

How the Nazis burned first books, then people DW 05/09/2023

On a rainy night in May, German writer Erich Kastner stands among Nazi SA officers and onlookers before a burning pyre that illuminates Berlin's Opernplatz, now called Bebelplatz.Men in black SA uniforms throw piles of books on to the fire.Kastner listens as his name is shouted into a microphone: "Against decadence and moral decay!
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

'Love at Six Thousand Degrees' is a refreshing inversion of the trauma narrative

Generational trauma the psychological and physiological effects experienced by subsequent generations of those who first experienced trauma has become one of the most resonant buzzwords of our time, ubiquitous in its usage and association to various art forms in the past few years.The ripple effects of historical events, like wars, on families several generations separated from those events have been written about extensively and brought to our screens in recent works such as Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and Kindred by Octavia Butler.
The Paris Review
1 year ago
Books

On Hegel, Nadine Gordimer, and Kyle Abraham - The Paris Review

Over the past year I have read and reread Angelica Nuzzo's book Approaching Hegel's Logic, Obliquely , in which Nuzzo guides the reader through Hegel's Science of Logic.Nuzzo presents the question of how we are to think about history as it unfolds amid chaos and relentless crises.How, in other words, are we to find a means to think outside the incessant whirr of our times?
The Paris Review
1 year ago
Books

My Rattling Window - The Paris Review

In our Winter issue, we published Mieko Kanai's "Tap Water," a story whose remarkable first sentence spills across more than two pages and describes the interior of the narrator's new apartment as if it were the architecture of her emotional landscape.Who among us has not resolved to stop obsessing over some small piece of our home, only to fail?
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

The Moscow strike is a psychological blow to a nation trying to ignore the war, Russian nationalists say.

Russian nationalist commentators said Tuesday that the first mass drone attack to strike Moscow highlights the government's inability to prepare the population for a prolonged conflict that is steadily crossing the nation's borders.The flurry of drones that targeted the Russian capital on Tuesday morning caused minimal damage, shattering some windows in three residential buildings and lightly injuring two residents, according to local officials.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

The Moscow strike is a psychological blow to a nation trying to ignore the war, Russian nationalists say.

Russian nationalist commentators said Tuesday that the first mass drone attack to strike Moscow highlights the government's inability to prepare the population for a prolonged conflict that is steadily crossing the nation's borders.The flurry of drones that targeted the Russian capital on Tuesday morning caused minimal damage, shattering some windows in three residential buildings and lightly injuring two residents, according to local officials.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

At a holiday celebration in southern Ukraine, kids still need miracles.'

A woman and her daughter walking past holiday decorations with food aid and presents.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New York Times Hundreds of children gathered at a local school, awaiting Saint Nicholas.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New York Times MYKOLAIV, Ukraine  Some of the children who sat on Saint Nicholas's lap asked for iPhones.
San Francisco Bay Times
11 months ago
SF LGBT

Former Air Force Veteran and Adult Entertainer Plays Softball to Save His Life - San Francisco Bay Times

By John Chen-
"I was at a point in my life where I didn't know if the road to recovery was worth it.I just didn't know if I wanted to continue my life like that.I was severely damaged.I had little to believe that as a gay man I had any worth and deserved to be loved."Joe Caldiero sat across from me using mostly his hands to speak his emotions.
www.aljazeera.com
11 months ago
Europe news

Pro-Russian neutrality': How Ukraine sees China's emerging role

Russia's ally signals a desire to broker peace, but few are convinced of Beijing's power or motivations in Kyiv.Kyiv, Ukraine Volodymyr, a gaunt 44-year-old, recently returned from the front lines of eastern Ukraine and now needs psychological help for his post-traumatic stress disorder.A contusion makes him slightly stutter.
Opinion | In Ukraine, Putin Is Fighting, and Losing, His Last War
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
Europe news

Opinion | We Forget Nuclear Powers Have Lost Wars

In the Brezhnev era of Vladimir Putin's youth, May 9 was an occasion for Soviet militarism, a celebration of weapons and might.It could be forgotten, at least for a moment, that Leonid Brezhnev's war of choice would be fought and lost in Afghanistan less than two decades after he began the May 9 celebrations, much as what is likely Mr. Putin's last war is today being fought and lost in Ukraine.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Europe news

Exhausted Ukrainian soldiers fight mental fatigue as the war drags on

Ukrainian infantry soldiers go through training exercises at a military camp outside Dnipro, Ukraine, on Oct. 24.Official "morale officers" watch over the soldiers, keeping them focused on the fight, addressing any problems quickly and not letting them fester inside, which can be dangerous on the battlefield.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
Sports

Tennis Elbow is a Real Pain. Here's How to Treat It.

Now that warm weather is here to stay, many Americans are getting back into their favorite outdoor sports and starting home projects.Which means, among other things, the annual uptick in tennis elbow.It starts with a persistent, localized pain on the outside of your elbow (or inside, in the case of the closely related golf elbow), and slowly gets more debilitating.
www.cnn.com
11 months ago
US politics

North Carolina's GOP-led General Assembly overrides Democratic governor's 12-week abortion ban veto

North Carolina's Republican-led General Assembly moved Tuesday to ban most abortions after 12 weeks, voting to override a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.The state House voted 72-48 along party lines hours after the state Senate voted 30-20 to do the same.A three-fifths vote in both chambers, where Republicans hold supermajorities, was needed to override the governor's previous rejection of the measure.
www.cnn.com
11 months ago
US politics

North Carolina Democratic governor vetoes abortion ban, setting up likely override vote

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a controversial bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks, setting up a likely override effort from the state legislature, where Republicans have a supermajority.Cooper's swift veto comes just over a week after the Republican-controlled state Senate advanced the bill to his desk in a party-line vote.
time.com
11 months ago
Health

You Don't Need to Balance Your Hormones

Hormones may not be the first thing you think of when it comes to your healthunless you've spent any time on TikTok recently.If your body's moderating chemicals aren't being churned out at exactly the right times and quantities, the app's content creators claim, a cascade of symptoms including sluggishness, acne, headaches, and weight gain can ensue.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
11 months ago
Health

Every Day Is Mental Health Awareness Day - Zarah Gaffar, GGS

Every Day Is Mental Health Awareness Day - Zarah Gaffar, GGS (Image: totalshape on www.unsplash.com)What is mental health and why is it important?Mental health; a person's condition with regard to their psychological, emotional and social well-being.A person's mental health can affect many factors, from the way they interact in day-to-day life to the way they cope with things such as stress and anxiety.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
1 year ago
Health

Mental health is cultivating., by Yusra Ali EGLA

Mental health is cultivating., by Yusra Ali EGLA (Image: Unsplash) There is no uncertainty that young people or an individual's mental health is unsound.Individuals' who are students from university, college or school as a whole struggle to have an adequate mental health.Mental health affects how we think, act and feel in our daily lives.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

Amid devastating loss, Turkish family reunited with miracle baby' found in quake rubble

Like those of thousands of families across Turkey and Syria, the Fansas' lives were shattered by last week's earthquakes.But Nilay Fansa and her husband, Cengiz, are also holding tight to their miracle baby.The February 6 quakes trapped the family beneath the rubble that had been their seven-story apartment building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

President Carter is on hospice care, but what is it? Our medical analyst explains

On Saturday, the Carter Center announced that former US President Jimmy Carter will be receiving hospice care at his home in Georgia.After a series of short hospital stays, former US President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention, according to the statement.
Boston.com
11 months ago
Boston Celtics

Jaylen Brown, Celtics grit out Game 3 win over 76ers: 8 takeaways

Celtics The Celtics played an imperfect game but found a way to win anyway.The Celtics were far from perfect on Friday, but they were good enough to claim a 114-102 victory over the 76ers as well as a 2-1 series lead.Here are the takeaways.1.There's a lot to like from Game 3 for the Celtics, and we'll get to a number of encouraging factors that feel like they might have some staying power for the rest of the series.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Boy, 9, died after being held in cold bath as punishment by mother and her fiance'

A nine-year-old boy died after being repeatedly assaulted, beaten and held in a cold bath as punishment by his mother and her fiance, a court has heard.Alfie Steele, who was covered in bruises, had been subjected to a cruel and sinister regime of correction by his mother, Carla Scott, and her partner, Dirk Howell, both of whom are accused of the little boy's murder, the court was told.
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Boy, 9, repeatedly assaulted' then held' in cold bath, murder jury told

A nine-year-old boy died after being repeatedly assaulted, beaten, and held in a cold bath as punishment by his mother and her fiance, a court has heard.Alfie Steele, who was covered in bruises, had been subjected to a cruel and sinister regime of correction by his mother, Carla Scott, and her partner, Dirk Howell, both of whom are accused of the little boy's murder, the court was told.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
New York City

Dental Coverage to Expand for 5 Million Low-Income New Yorkers

Matthew Adinolfi, who has no top teeth and had no love life for over a decade, will be able to get implants so that he can kiss a woman without fear of his dentures falling out.Blanca Coreas, who can't eat anything firmer than mashed potatoes without her gums bleeding, will be able to take a bite of grilled meat.
www.thelocal.es
1 year ago
Parenting

Cyberattack disrupts Spanish medicine distribution

More than half a million children in Spain, half of them in Madrid, do not have access to a specialised paediatrician, a new report has revealed.Published: 21 March 2023 10:45 CET It used to be typical that children had one doctor assigned to them, but now due to the lack of appointments, parents complain that each time they try and take their kids to clinics, they're having to meet someone new or having to go to the emergency room at the hospital instead.
www.thelocal.es
1 year ago
Parenting

More than half a million children in Spain have no access to a paediatrician

It used to be typical that children had one doctor assigned to them, but now due to the lack of appointments, parents complain that each time they try and take their kids to clinics, they're having to meet someone new or having to go to the emergency room at the hospital instead.The Spanish Association of Paediatric Primary Care (AEPap) has published a report, which estimates that more than 523,000 children in Spain under 15 years of age don't have an assigned paediatrician, in fact, they don't even have a family doctor.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

In A Spy Among Friends,' B.F.F. Betrayal at an International Level

Why wasn't he in custody? asks the MI5 officer Lily Thomas.It is January 1963, and Thomas is talking about Kim Philby, a British intelligence agent who, after being exposed as a Soviet spy, has escaped to Moscow.Nicholas Elliott, Philby's closest friend and a fellow member of the foreign intelligence agency MI6, looks slightly nonplused.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
New York City

5 Million New Yorkers Just Got Better Health Care

Good morning.There are people who actually want root canals.We'll look at a change in state rules that means they can now get them.Image Credit...Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The New York Times Five million New Yorkers are getting more dental coverage Medicaid recipients who are now eligible for some implants, replacement dentures and root canals that had been denied in the past and that cost more than they could afford.
english.elpais.com
1 year ago
Health

Turkey: The dangers of low-cost surgery

HEALTH Tribune Opinion articles written in the style of their author."These texts are to be based on verified facts and must be respectful towards people, even though their actions may be criticized.shall feature, along with the author's name (regardless of their greater or lesser renown), a footer stating their office, academic title, political affiliation (if any) and main occupation, or the occupation related to the topic being assessed Many patients who undergo these cheap surgeries in Turkey do not even know what technique they used, nor do they have a report, much less postoperative guidelines.Getty 67 people in Europe have become infected with botulism after undergoing weight-loss surgery with botulinum neurotoxin in Turkey.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Mental health

Lives are at stake': Veterans Centre Australia closes after major funder pulls out, leaving hundreds in limbo

The not-for-profit service Veterans Centre Australia closed its doors on Tuesday after nearly 12 years of operation, becoming insolvent after its major funder withdrew support.The service handled up to 600 clients at a time across Australia, advocating for veterans and helping them and their families navigate the often complex bureaucratic processes to access healthcare, financial support, and employment support.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Health

Trouble sleeping a common symptom of long COVID DW 01/09/2023

01/09/2023January 9, 2023 Several studies show that long COVID patients frequently experience insomnia and other sleep problems, in addition to better-known symptoms like difficulty breathing and brain fog.Coughing so hard it's difficult to breathe.Shivering with the chills or sweating with a fever.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Science

Scientists dig up biologist Gregor Mendel's body and sequence his DNA

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, a group of scientists decided to dig up his body and sequence his DNA.ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We're almost done with 2022, a year that marked the bicentennial of Gregor Mendel's birth.He's known as the father of genetics because his experiments with pea plants established the basic rules of heredity.
Medium
1 year ago
Graphic design

How Fonts Secretly Influence Your Thoughts

Our visual perception of the world completely dictates our thoughts, there's no denying that, but most don't seem to think this applies to the smaller details like fonts.Just like colour, fonts find themselves high up on the hierarchy, and immediately transform the way we feel - In this article we'll explore why they have this power over us, and how it can be utilised.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Sharp rise in sick days linked to poor mental health at London Fire Brigade

Instances of LFB workers signing off sick due to stress, anxiety and depression have gone up by more than 40% since 2018 and by more than 20% in the last year alone.Anne Clarke, a Labour member of the London Assembly who requested and received data on the issue, said the shocking rise is a damning indictment of the Government's post-2010 austerity programme.
BBC News
1 year ago
London

Worthing landlady jailed for seven-year modern slavery abuse

A landlady who held a vulnerable woman captive in domestic servitude for seven years has been jailed.Farzana Kausar, 58, took control of her victim's finances, cut her off from her relatives and forced her to cook and clean.The victim, aged 62, rented a room from Kausar's mother, who later died.Kausar trapped her in isolation and servitude.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Education

Idaho passes law letting students sue for "emotional harm" if they see a trans kid in the restroom

Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed a bill last week that bans transgender students from using restrooms and locker rooms associated with their gender identities and requires them to use facilities that align with their sex assigned at birth.The bill says that transgender students who are "unwilling or unable" to use the wrong bathroom can request a reasonable accommodation in writing.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

ANALYSIS | Global financial contagion means everyone is 'waiting to see where the bodies are buried' | CBC News

Is it possible to talk about financial contagion without perpetuating it?Regulators and public officials are anxious to be reassuring, but for Canadians trying to understand how a series of ostensibly unconnected global bank failures could affect them, being like the meme dog in the burning kitchen that turned 10 this year may not be the best plan either.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Michael Gove challenged over his cocaine use he reveals ban on laughing gas

Michael Gove was challenged over his own history of cocaine use as he revealed plans to ban laughing gas on the streets of Britain.The levelling up secretary said Rishi Sunak's government would ban the sale of nitrous oxide, alos known as hippy crack to stop public places being turned into drug-taking arenas.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

ICC demands Russia return' children to Ukraine as justice ministers meet in UK

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has demanded Russia return children to Ukraine as alleged war crimes were detailed at a meeting in London.It comes after the ICC issued a warrant for Russian leader Vladimir Putin's arrest, accusing him of bearing personal responsibility for the abduction of children from Ukraine.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Justice ministers meet in London to rally support for ICC after Putin arrest warrant

Justice ministers from around the world will gather in London to support the International Criminal Court's investigations into war crimes in Ukraine.The move comes after the ICC issued a warrant for Russian leader Vladimir Putin's arrest, accusing him of bearing personal responsibility for the abduction of children from Ukraine.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Justice ministers meet to discuss support for ICC's Ukraine investigation

Justice ministers from around the world will gather in London to support the International Criminal Court's investigations into war crimes in Ukraine.The move comes after the ICC issued a warrant for Russian leader Vladimir Putin's arrest, accusing him of bearing personal responsibility for the abduction of children from Ukraine.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Ukraine war improved opinion of LGBT+ community, KyivPride shelter manager says

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The war in Ukraine has improved opinions of the LGBT+ community in the country, according to a manager of a shelter run by KyivPride.Jul Sirous and Olha Onipko help provide temporary housing for LGBT+ refugees of the Ukraine war.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Experts warn over plans to age-check child asylum seekers with X-rays

A Government plan to X-ray child asylum seekers to check their age could put them at risk of harm from radiation and cause distress, advisers have warned.The scientific advisory committee tasked with considering the Home Office reforms to assess migrants who have crossed the Channel and are suspected of lying about their age also told ministers and officials no checks would be able to predict how old someone is with precision.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Girls

Suzy McKee Charnas, Writer of Feminist Science Fiction, Dies at 83

Suzy McKee Charnas, an award-winning feminist science fiction writer who in a four-novel series created a post-holocaust, male-dominated society called the Holdfast that is liberated by an army of women, died on Jan. 2 at her home in Albuquerque.She was 83.David Szanton, a cousin, said the cause was a heart attack.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Iowa prepares students to learn

For a significant number of students, the first year of higher education serves as a wake-up call about study habits."Most students have not received any guidance on how to learn," says Shaun Vecera, a University of Iowa professor of psychological and brain sciences and the director of the University Honors Program.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Four elements of quality campus-based eating disorder treatment

Health professionals often direct students with severe eating disorder symptoms to inpatient treatment facilities.But students with less severe symptoms often find their on-campus treatment options lacking.In many cases, these options don't extend beyond meeting with a mental health counselor who may or may not have experience in eating disorders.
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 year ago
Mental health

Can Anxiety Cause Psychogenic Fever? Here's What You Should Know

We know that anxiety and stress can not only impact our mental or emotional health but can also take a toll on our physical health, but can anxiety cause fever and chills?Well, interestingly, stress and anxiety can raise your body temperature, causing a physical sensation termed, "Psychogenic Fever" or "Emotional Fever".
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 year ago
Mental health

How To Tell If You're Emotionally Repressed? (Signs And Tips To Know)

Emotional expression is how we know what our feelings are and what others are too.It doesn't come as a surprise when we suppress some of our emotions.I mean, you can't exactly express the pain of a breakup during a work presentation now, can you?The right thing to do would be to release those repressed emotions, later, in the healthiest way possible.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC food

In the Toy Kitchen, Tacos, Lumpia and Charcuterie Are on the Menu

At home in Patterson, N.Y., Rebecca Rivera's 6-year-old son, Sergio, likes to play chef with his stuffed animals.He feeds them sushi made of wood, and gives his favorite salmon nigiri pieces to Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario, his most beloved toys.Intrigued and inspired by his playtime, Sergio asked his mother if sushi was real and if he could try it at a restaurant.
SFGATE
1 year ago
SF real estate

5 Key Strategies For Home Buyers Negotiating With Tough Sellers

GlobalStock/iStock "I must break you," Ivan Drago told Rocky Balboa in "Rocky IV." (Spoiler: He didn't.)It's the exact sentiment you may feel while staring at your dream home, thinking about its sellers, and pondering what to do when negotiation talks go cold.Now you might not be able to break hard-headed sellers, but you can probably warm them up enough to at least bend a bit.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
LGBT

Spain Allows Legal Gender Change Without a Medical Evaluation

The Spanish government on Thursday approved a law allowing people 16 and older to change their legally registered gender without undergoing psychological and medical evaluations to show gender dysphoria, becoming one of the few countries to allow such gender change by self-declaration.Spain's minister of equality, Irene Montero, said on the Parliament floor on Thursday that the new law recognized transgender people's right to free determination and prevented being transgender from being treated as a pathology.
BBC Sport
1 year ago
Soccer (FIFA)

'OCD struggles made me ashamed of myself'

Millie Farrow would try to avoid shaking her opponents' hands before games.She was distracted in training by intrusive thoughts.She felt ashamed.However, she was scared to open up to coaches about her struggles.The 26-year-old English striker has struggled with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety throughout her professional football career.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

UIC faculty and administration reach deal, ending 4-day strike; classes resume Monday

After a nine-hour bargaining session Sunday - and months of negotiations - the University of Illinois at Chicago administration reached a tentative agreement with faculty and staff who had been on strike since Tuesday.UIC United Faculty, the union representing 1,500 tenure and nontenure faculty at UIC, has been bargaining for a new contract that ensures increased pay, more funding for student services and job security since April, and had worked without a contract since Aug. 16.
Defector
1 year ago
Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys Have Full Confidence In Brett Maher. Maybe. Possibly Not So Much. | Defector

There are only a few ways for an NFL kicker to become truly memorable, and on Monday night Brett Maher hit on one of the bad ones.During the Cowboys' 31-14 playoff victory against the Buccaneers, Maher became the first player in NFL history to miss four extra points in a single game.He missed four in a row before finally making his last attempt of the game.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston real estate

'Your place or mine?': Readers share why sleep divorce works for them

Readers Say "It's been a marriage saver for us and I suspect many others as well!"Nobody will doubt the importance of a good night's sleep, but what happens when the thing keeping you from getting proper rest is your better half tossing and turning in the middle of the night?Many Boston.com
Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
1 year ago
Boston real estate

Thanking a Seaport condominium buyer that awed me Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

As we were waiting for the listing agent to accompany my client and I to view a Boston Seaport condo showing.the client awed me with her knowledge of American history.Thus, I told her how impressed I was by her knowledge on this subject.Boston Seaport condos I came to the conclusion, my parents were correct when they said, "You should always thank the person who awed you."
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

X-rays to check child asylum seekers' age risk harm and are unreliable'

X-rays to check child asylum seekers' age risk radiation harm and are unreliable, the government has been warned.An expert committee commissioned by the Home Office concluded that no method proves a person's exact age, and that tests proposed by ministers are only able to say if migrants' claimed age is possible, rather than be used to answer the specific question of whether they are under or over 18.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC music

7 Songs We Nearly Missed in 2022

A stunning entry in the litany of to-the-left-to-the-left kiss-off anthems, Flo's Cardboard Box is cheeky, confident, ever so slightly righteously rude.Flo Jorja Douglas, Renee Downer and Stella Quaresma is a vividly talented British R&B girl group that released several strong songs last year, but this was the most striking, full of arched-brow dismissals, self-love affirmations and, in this acoustic rendition, mellifluous harmonies that communicate bliss amid collapse: You ain't gonna change, boy/What's the point in stringing me a-loh-ohngggg?
Creative Bloq
1 year ago
Graphic design

The most mind-blowing optical illusions of 2022

Having our minds boggled by optical illusions is one of our favourite distractions here at Creative Bloq.Optical illusions can delight us, educate us and just plain confuse us, and we've seen plenty of examples of all of that over this past year.Over the past 12 months, we've seen everything, from accidental optical illusions to illusions intentionally devised to baffle our brains.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Surgeon's hope for children needing new limbs 10 years after first UK hand transplant

A decade after the UK's first hand transplant, the surgeon who led the team has said he would like to start helping children who have lost limbs to sepsis and meningitis.Consultant plastic surgeon Prof Simon Kay admitted it was extremely nerve-wracking when he and his colleagues gave Mark Cahill his new right hand on Boxing Day 2012, but says the procedure is now proven as predictable, reliable and successful.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Hope for children who need new limbs 10 years after first UK hand transplant

Ten years after the UK's first hand transplant, the surgeon who led the team has said he would like to start helping children who have lost limbs to sepsis and meningitis.Consultant plastic surgeon Professor Simon Kay admitted it was extremely nerve-wracking when he and his colleagues gave Mark Cahill his new right hand on Boxing Day 2012, but says the procedure is now proven as predictable, reliable and successful.
Nieman Lab
1 year ago
Media industry

News organizations step up their support for caregivers

The crises have been bountiful.A childcare crisis.An eldercare crisis.Long Covid as its own public-health crisis.And undergirding all of these is one more: the crisis of caregivers who are stressed out, burned out, running out of options, and dropping out of the workforce.News organizations - particularly the ones that have spent the past couple years reporting on caregivers hitting their breaking point - can no longer afford not to prioritize the needs of caregivers on their own staffs.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Public health

Winter illnesses burden Germany's intensive care units DW 12/17/2022

23 minutes ago23 minutes ago A surge in winter infections has reached unprecedented levels in Germany, according to one of the country's leading doctors.The country's intensive care units is struggling under the burden.A leading German doctor says the rate of sickness across the general population is on a level previously unseen, with the country's intensive care units (ICU) under tremendous pressure.
ESPN.com
1 year ago
Real Madrid

Ronaldo: Neymar needs psychological support

Brazil great Ronaldo believes Neymar and other Brazilian players should have psychological help to deal with the "disproportionate pressure" from the World Cup.Neymar admitted after his team's World Cup quarterfinal defeat to Croatia on penalties that he was "psychologically destroyed."
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Single-sex girl schools lead league tables and give better mental health support

Girls in single-sex schools have coped better with the pandemic, new research reveals.Findings from this year's Sunday Times Parent Power rankings show both private and state single-sex girl schools have topped the academic league tables.The list is the first time anyone has compared this year's A level and GCSE results with those of 2019  the last time teenagers sat traditional exams before the pandemic.
https://www.rogerebert.com/
1 year ago
Film

Retrograde movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert

"Retrograde" is about many things, but it's really about the faces.The cameras linger on the faces, allowing the expressions of suffering, tension, nerves, desperation, to take root or take wing.There is a lot of story here, story the world knows very well."Retrograde" details the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan in 2021, after a nearly 20-year-long war and/or occupation.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Fostered children were abused throughout Scotland over 84 years, inquiry told

No part of Scotland was immune to abuse of children in foster care over more than eight decades, an inquiry has heard.The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) has been told of physical, sexual, psychological and emotional abuse, neglect and exploitation since public hearings for the foster care case study opened in May.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

Brands need to account for 'psychological pain' shoppers feel this holiday season, Horizon Media says

| By Michael Bürgi



Black Friday is upon us!And though it seems every marketer is pulling out all the stops to get consumers to buy their stuff, there's a good amount of uncertainty among the general population about how much they want to or plan to spend.Horizon Media's WHY Group, which is charged with understanding consumer behavior at a deeper and more granular level, plans to issue a report identifying three differing psychological states of mind that consumers are in this holiday season.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
Berlin

Domestic violence in Germany increases over last 5 years

The number of domestic violence victims in Germany has increased by 3.4% in the last five years and the overwhelming majority of them are women, the German government said Thursday.A government report indicated that there were 143,604 domestic violence cases in 2021, up by 4,711 from 2017.However, the real figure is likely much higher since many victims are afraid to report domestic violence to the police.
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