"If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm." (Bruce Barton) #quotes
Dr. Gail Saltz
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Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst, bestselling author, and TV commentator on mental health, sex, and relationships. Host of #HowCanIHelp & #Personolgy podcasts.
The American Red Cross has declared its second national blood supply crisis, warning that some patients could face delays in receiving lifesaving transfusions. buff.ly/DiPtaFf
American Red Cross Declares National Blood Supply Crisis
The American Red Cross has declared a national blood supply crisis after donations fell to a four-year summer low. Without more donations, hospitals may be forced to make difficult decisions about…
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Experts are concerned about a resurgence in the popularity of tanning among young adults. buff.ly/q67IcmX
Tanning is getting hot again. Here’s what it really does to your skin.
The World Health Organization has long classified tanning beds as a cancer-causing agent in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.
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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." (Barack Obama) #quotes
"More than 4 million people are estimated to have already lost the critical food aid between last July and April — many of whom are children." buff.ly/z49kCg3
Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP
SNAP, also known as food stamps, has seen a rapid and consistent participation decline since last July. The drop comes as the program faces historic cuts and changes.
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How state abortion bans are affecting doctors and how they practice
It's been four years since the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision opened the door to state abortion bans. Now, a new study finds those bans are hurting women who aren't seeking abortions at all.…
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"When anxiety becomes a constant feature of children’s and teenagers’ days, that stress doesn’t switch off when they leave the classroom or finish an exam." buff.ly/7xfEgix
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Why are so few young people finding love? buff.ly/Mu5PqZL
The Great Romance Slump
Why are so few young people finding love?
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"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." (Franklin D. Roosevelt) #quotes
When you're consuming too much information, it can be hard to take anything in.
Digital habits that rob attention and energy — and how to combat them
There's a reason why double- or triple-screening your devices makes you feel tired, says NPR's Manoush Zomorodi. She explains the science of information overload and how to reclaim calm and focus.
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Why ‘Binge-Watching’ That TV Show Now May Affect Your Brain Later
Could Your TV Habits Be Changing Your Brain?
A new study linked frequent TV watching in midlife to brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease decades later. The findings suggest that what you do while sitting may matter as much as how…
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"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these." (George Washington Carver) #quotes
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." (Winston Churchill) #quotes
"What people think in their heart gets out, no matter how much they try to hide it." (Munshi Premchand) #quotes
"No national data prove that antidepressant overuse is rampant" buff.ly/NdzsMvJ
The Real Antidepressant Crisis
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Americans overuse SSRIs. In fact, too many people who need depression treatment aren’t getting any.
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"Scientists have suggested eating very little sugar up to the age of two may help protect the brain decades later."
Limiting sugar before age two linked to better brain health
Study suggests less sugar in early life is good for long-term brain health, but the evidence is not conclusive.
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"Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?" (Emily Bronte) #quotes
Can Rock Climbing, Weight Lifting and Free Lattes Keep People Sober?
Can Rock Climbing, Weight Lifting and Free Lattes Keep People Sober?
A growing number of clubs see community as the antidote to relapse.
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A growing form of donation is expanding the organ supply in the US — and testing how medicine protects dying patients.
The breakthrough changing how Americans donate organs
A growing form of donation is expanding the organ supply in the US — and testing how medicine protects dying patients.
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Scientists say this is the reason some relationships flourish and others flop: How attachment styles influence our interactions with others — and how to change them.
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"he prospect of looking stupid is even scarier when your mistakes... can be permanently documented and distributed on a mass scale." buff.ly/zDSF3CQ
The Horrible Rise of the Makeout Police
A year after the Coldplay incident, another couple is going viral for PDA.
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"'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights." (Dag Hammarskjold) #quotes