American gymnast Simone Biles shocked the world for the second day in a row during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Yesterday she withdrew from the team competition due to physical problems, and on Wednesday announced that she will not participate in the individual women's all-around , USA Gymnastics reported.
If you’re one of the millions of people who have trouble sleeping, you may have considered a cannabis compound, such as CBD. Some say cannabis compounds are helpful, but more research is needed. And they might not be legal, depending on where you live. Look up the laws to know what’s allowed.
Good sleep habits, called sleep hygiene, can help you get better rest. But it may not work for ongoing insomnia. See what may help instead.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval last month of a drug purporting to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease was widely celebrated, but it also touched off alarms.There were worries in the scientific community about the drug’s mixed results in studies — the FDA’s own expert advisory panel was nearly unanimous in opposing its approval.
Mental Health Toll From Isolation Affecting Kids On Reentry July 4, 2021 6:00 pm tweet In this April 18, 2021 photo provided by Jennifer Sampson, her son Zach Sampson, 16, poses in his Florida yard. Sampson was hospitalized twice during the pandemic after feeling suicidal. Relentless months of social distancing, online schooling and other restrictions left many kids feeling the pandemic’s toll and now facing new challenges navigating reentry.
Federal regulators authorized a first-of-its-kind device to help doctors determine whether a child has autism, potentially allowing kids to be diagnosed sooner by avoiding waits for specialists.
Pop icon Britney Spears spoke out Wednesday against the conservatorship that she’s lived under for 13 years, telling a Los Angeles probate judge that she wants her life back.
Self 03/27/2021 Affordable is oftentimes considered synonymous with cheap, but that's not always the case. When it comes to affordable or inexpensive talk therapy with a therapist or counselor, many people simply cannot afford the standard fees that come along with your standard in-office apptointment with a private practice therapist. But therapy with a qualified professional can be life-changing, and is well worth the time. Fortuantely, affordable therapy options do exist.
Relatives and advocates are calling for federal authorities to relax restrictions in long-term care institutions and grant special status to “essential caregivers” — family members or friends who provide critically important hands-on care — so they have the opportunity to tend to relatives in need.
Experts say anxiety, stress and depression are on the rise, including in teens, even as pandemic life goes on for the sick, tired, homeless and those in need. AP: 7-Year-Old Alabama Girl Helps To Fund Her Own Brain Surgery Liza Scott, 7, started a lemonade stand at her mom’s bakery last summer so she could buy some frills like toys and sequined high-heel shoes.
increase font size The Maine Millennial: Stress isn’t all in your head Your body will tell you when your brain is dealing with more than it can handle. By Victoria Hugo-Vidal Email Writer Share I found out last week that, because of some bureaucratic miscommunications, I haven’t had health insurance for two months, and I immediately broke out into stress hives. Which, of course, I can’t see a doctor about because … I have no health insurance.
Communities of color face a wave of mental health problems as a result of how the pandemic has changed the way people interact and grieve, experts warn.
Older men whose blood pressure rises at night may be at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.
Blood pressure changes over 24 hours. It typically goes up during the day and dips at nighttime. But some people have an opposite pattern, which is called reverse dipping.
The Problem With Mental Health Awareness The Problem With Mental Health Awareness Billboards and hashtags won’t fix America’s mental health crises. Bookmark January 25, 2021 A recreation of the Peanuts psychiatric clinic is seen on Wadas Avenue in Upper Darby, Pa. The need for mental health has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Pete Bannan / Getty) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month!
One in eight people who have had Covid-19 are diagnosed with their first psychiatric or neurological illness within six months of testing positive for the virus, a new analysis suggests, adding heft to an emerging body of evidence that stresses the toll of the virus on mental health and brain disorders cannot be ignored.
Last week we ushered in a new era of leadership. Half the people are happy, half, not so much. The people who were not happy at the beginning of the last administration employed patience along with hope that it would work out. The mindset being, it is what is, we’re in it! Let’s, hope for and expect the best. Now we have a new leader in the white house, we get a chance to work on this again. Let’s have a little patience along with hope and the expectation that this will work out for the best of the country and everyone in it. We need to give it some time.
As the physical risks are better managed with vaccines, however, what will likely still remain is the indelible impact of the pandemic weighing on the collective psyche. "The physical aspects of the pandemic are really visible," said Lisa Carlson, the immediate past president of the American Public Health Association and an executive administrator at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
Chances are the final weeks of 2020 look markedly different than what you would’ve predicted on the first day of this year. With COVID-19 case and death counts on the rise and hospitals continuing to fill up, many are grappling with the ways that the unchecked coronavirus has sabotaged their daily lives, their economic stability and their time-honored traditions at the end of a year where shared celebration and community may feel more important than ever before.
If you thought your 2020 stress would magically disappear after the yelling stopped, you might have been surprised to find that you were still worried after the results of the presidential election.
Kids are handling the strange new world of going to school during a pandemic well, said Lindsey Kohler, a licensed social worker and student family advocate for the Hayden School District.
There’s some resistance to things like wearing masks, she said, but students are mostly going through the day-to-day routine without difficulty.
On social distancing, Kohler said the school counselor did a great job explaining what it meant at the beginning of the year, especially for the youngest ages.
Loneliness, anxiety, depression and substance use have increased sharply among young American adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey shows.
A new national poll found that almost two out of three Americans age 65 or older who are worried about having depression won’t go get treatment and a third believed they could just “snap out” of their depression on their own. The poll was conducted by GeneSight Mental Health Monitor and surveyed more than 1,000 adults over the age of 65 on their attitudes towards depression.
The workplace has forever changed. In March 2020, more than a third of the world population went into lockdown, and by the end of April 2020, 1.6 billion workers lived in danger of having their livelihoods destroyed. A full return to “normal” is something that many have begun to realize is unlikely.
Nearly seven in 10 adults (68%) surveyed called the election a significant source of stress, compared with 52% in 2016, the survey commissioned by the American Psychological Association (APA) showed.
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