“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” ~Mary Dunbar “I don’t want to sit by Teresa. She doesn’t talk.” Ouch. I was ten years…
Month: August 2023
By ARJUN GOSAIN In the United States alone, one in ten people live in poverty, 10.2% of households are food insecure, and more than half of people living below the poverty line are transportation insecure. These statistics represent social determinants…
Aug. 7, 2023 – You know healthy eating and exercise can promote a longer, healthier life. But growing evidence backs another powerful strategy, one that’s less known: Helping others. Take a recent study in Annals of Behavioral Medicine that showed that giving…
NOTE: In this story, all parents’ and children’s names have been changed in order to shield their privacy. Aug. 7, 2023 – America’s teenagers love TikTok, the video-sharing social media app. Nearly 60% of all teens ages 13-17 use it daily,…
Aug. 7, 2023 – The FDA has approved the first oral drug for postpartum depression, a condition that affects an estimated one in seven mothers in the United States. The pill, zuranolone (brand name Zurzuvae), is a steroid that acts…
“It is not your responsibility to figure out what someone else is feeling and why. Let go of the illusion that ‘fixing’ their bad mood will make you feel better.” ~Sarah Crosby Some years ago, I was talking to my…
A nurse checks on a psychiatric patient who lies in a state of insulin-induced coma. To break the coma, a dose of sugar is administered. In the 1950s and 1960s, a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia would often be admitted to a…
If you’re among the millions of people living with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), you’re no stranger to the considerable toll the autoimmune condition can take on your quality of life. That’s because psoriatic disease isn’t “just” a skin condition…
Aug. 4, 2023 — Around 1.5 million Americans live with systemic lupus erythematosus, the most common form of lupus, and more than half of them regularly get headaches. New research now shows that these often are not just normal headaches. For many, they’re…
Photo Credit: Moment / Getty Images SOURCES: Samantha Holmgren, registered dietitian, Canada. Leena Chitnis, California. David Chandler, CEO, Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance CDC: “Psoriasis.” National Psoriasis Foundation: “Psoriasis Statistics,” “Understanding Psoriatic Disease,” “Psoriasis and Skin of Color,” “Little Stretches,…