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Perhaps you really ARE ok?
June 9, 2014 Comments Off on Perhaps you really ARE ok?

Marc&Angel

We all have days, weeks, months and – for some – even years of feeling anxious and uncertain. It’s a vague feeling you can’t quite put your finger on. From the outside, people think you have it all together, but they can’t see what’s going on in your head. Emptiness fills your thoughts and emotions all too often, nagging at you throughout the day. You set goals but they never satisfy your ego. You always feel a day late and a buck short. The search can seem almost endless.
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The value of what we pay the least for…
June 2, 2014 Comments Off on The value of what we pay the least for…
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Driving addicts to use really risky drugs.
April 16, 2014 Comments Off on Driving addicts to use really risky drugs.

PsychCentral

Changing supply does little to change demand when it comes to drugs of abuse. Why? Because addiction is a chronic brain disease that changes the function and structure of the brain, and because people often use drugs to cope with painful emotions. Neither of these problems is cured by making drugs less available.
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How to solve the homelessness problem.
April 9, 2014 Comments Off on How to solve the homelessness problem.

CBC

On Tuesday, the results of the four-year study were released confirming that putting a roof over someone’s head helped them work through mental illness and kept them off the street long-term.

With more than 2,000 participants in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton, researchers said they found the program not only found the housing-first approach worked at keeping people off the street, but it also cost taxpayers less.
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And now, from the, “Who would have guessed it,” department…
March 27, 2014 2 Comments on And now, from the, “Who would have guessed it,” department…

Web MD

They analyzed crime rates in all 50 states between 1990 and 2006. During that time, 11 states legalized medical marijuana: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

Using FBI data, the researchers looked at rates of murder, rape, assault, robbery, burglary, larceny and auto theft.
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Why you can keep your Chocolate addiction…
March 20, 2014 Comments Off on Why you can keep your Chocolate addiction…

Design Trend

“We found that there are two kinds of microbes in the gut: the good ones and the bad ones,” Maria Moore, an undergraduate student and one of the study authors, said in a news release.

“The good microbes, such as Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria, feast on chocolate,” Moore added.
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Still thinking positive?
February 21, 2014 Comments Off on Still thinking positive?

New Yorker –

Moreover, as the journalist Oliver Burkeman noted in “The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking,” “Ceaseless optimism about the future only makes for a greater shock when things go wrong; by fighting to maintain only positive beliefs about the future, the positive thinker ends up being less prepared, and more acutely distressed when things eventually happen that he can’t persuade himself to believe are good.”
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Need a little time with your family?
January 15, 2014 Comments Off on Need a little time with your family?

5 Dollar Meals

Produce prices may vary by region. And season.
Meals are for a family of 4. Larger families or families with teenagers will need to adjust quantities.
Meals are as kid-friendly, family-friendly, and allergy-friendly as I could make them. Hopefully, you will enjoy them!
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Fade to black?
January 12, 2014 Comments Off on Fade to black?

io9 –

Troublingly, this has grim implications for workers who do shift work. Case-controlled studies have shown that nurses who work rotating shifts at midnight are more at risk for breast cancer compared to nurses with permanent day work.

Disturbingly, the light at night doesn’t even have to be bright to cause problems.
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Sleepless in… practically everywhere???
December 31, 2013 1 Comment on Sleepless in… practically everywhere???

The Atlantic

I awoke in a bed for the first time in days. My joints ached and my eyelids, which had been open for so long, now lay heavy as old hinges above my cheekbones. I wore two pieces of clothing: an assless gown and a plastic bracelet.

I remembered the hallway I had been wheeled down, and the doctor’s office where I told the psychiatrist he was the devil, but not this room. I forced myself up and stumbled, grabbing the chair and the bathroom doorknob for balance. I made it to the toilet, then threw water on my face at the sink, staring into the mirror in the little lavatory.
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