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What's Wrong in America?
Leaders are everywhere in democratic societies. You and I are among them. You may be a parent, teacher, police officer, young person, community activist, or someone angered by what you see wrong in America. Whether your anger is sparked by gun violence, immigration, racism , or inequality or you simply don t understand why some people are upset you are not alone. Like many, you might feel helpless ...
Psychology Today - Sat. Jul 23
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Packing Heat: Writing about Sex
Many of us who write fiction face decisions about how to portray erotically charged scenes, especially those involving sex . The decisions are fraught with personal issues Will my mother read this Will readers think this is what I like Will anyone but me think this is hot Those scenes that succeed for me might say something about me, but they also affirm word choice, delivery, and the ability to p ...
Psychology Today - Sat. Jul 23
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Leslie Jones is a Movie Star Who Makes me Laugh and Cry
Last week, a viral internet post about Leslie Jones made me cry. It was a clip from her guest appearance on The View , where she discussed her leading role in the reboot of G hostbusters . Jones herself was misty eyed as she told Whoopi Goldberg what it was like to see her on screen when she was a little girl, saying I kept looking at my daddy going, Oh my God There s somebody on TV who looks like ...
Psychology Today - Sat. Jul 23
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How fiction might improve empathy
There s nothing quite like becoming immersed in a good fiction novel for many readers, it is a way of fueling the imagination, providing a period of escape from the more laborious aspects of daily life. But in a new review, one psychologist claims fiction may be more beneficial than we realize it has the ability to encourage empathy.
Medical News Today - Fri. Jul 22
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Who Supports Donald Trump?
On September 17th of 2015, just two months after he announced his candidacy for President of the United States, I wrote this post describing Donald Trump s personality . In that post I noted that people tend to vote for leaders in their own image and thus, the personality of Mr. Trump also highlights the characteristics of those who will likely support and vote for him. In March of 2016, as Trump ...
Psychology Today - Fri. Jul 22
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Work-Family Conflict... and Its Far Prettier Sister
On his second day of camp drop-off, Ali s 6-year-old balked. He clung to her leg and asked if she had to work today. Did he need to be there the whole day Couldn t she come early to get him He didn t know anyone at camp and he wasn t having fun. He teared up as he grasped for a way out of camp. Ali hugged him and said that she knew he could do it and that she would be there early if she could get ...
Psychology Today - Fri. Jul 22
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We Worry About the Wrong Things
Americans are anxious a recent poll showed that only 21 of people think the country is headed in the right direction. The Internet is full of doomsday talk about our living in a time of unprecedented danger. And in his speech last night at the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump warned of the violence in our streets and the chaos in our communities. But are we right to be nervous And are ...
Psychology Today - Fri. Jul 22
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Novel compounds arrested epilepsy development in mice
New Orleans, LA - A team led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence, has developed neuroprotective compounds that may prevent the development of epilepsy. The findings will be published online in Scientific Reports , a Nature journal, on July 22, 2016. In this study in an experimental model of epilepsy in mice, the compoun ...
EurekAlert - Fri. Jul 22
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Designer protein gives new hope to scientists studying Alzheimer's disease
A new protein which will help scientists to understand why nerve cells die in people with Alzheimer s disease has been designed in a University of Sussex laboratory. In people with Alzheimer s, Amyloid-beta Abeta proteins stick together to make amyloid fibrils which form clumps between neurons in the brain. It s believed the build-up of these clumps causes brain cells to die, leading to the cognit ...
EurekAlert - Fri. Jul 22
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Us suicide rate for people with Epilepsy exceeds levels in general population
Researchers at Columbia University s Mailman School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control studied the prevalence of suicide among people with epilepsy compared to the population overall and estimated that the annual suicide mortality rate among those with epilepsy was 22 percent higher than in the general population. Results are online in the journal Epilepsy and Behavior . This is ...
EurekAlert - Fri. Jul 22
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Why apnea patients are prone to suffer from glaucoma
Scientists at Hokkaido University have successfully measured the eye pressure of sleeping patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome for the first time, finding an unexpected correlation with glaucoma. Glaucoma is thought to be a disease in which the optic nerve sustains damage due to increased eye pressure, resulting in a restricted visual field. In addition to strokes and cardiovascular dise ...
EurekAlert - Fri. Jul 22
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Smokers quitting tobacco also drink less alcohol
People who have recently begun an attempt to quit smoking tobacco are more likely to try to drink less alcohol than other smokers, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Public Health . In England, people who attempted to stop smoking within the last week reported lower levels of alcohol consumption, were less likely to binge drink, and were more likely to be classified as ...
EurekAlert - Fri. Jul 22
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