WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH? EASY DOES IT – May 2024 - First and foremost, a healthy mind is an editing a mind, an organ that manages to sieve, from thousands of stray, dramatic, disconcerting or horrifying thoughts, those particula... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyMay 21 2024Mental Health
Your Body Needs Three Forms of Movement AND LESS FOOD – May 4, 2024 - First is the movement your body is owed or requires every day, such as walking, stretching and bending. Second is athletic movement, which you can do a few times a week to improve... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMay 14 2024
Angry Outbursts Can Cause Massive Heart Attack PAUSE WHEN AGITATED – May 2, 2024 - The Journal of the American Heart Association, concluded that anger might indeed damage the heart by compromising blood vessel function. “This study offers a biological p pl... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMay 7 2024
5 Best Supplements for Healthy Aging VIDEO – AND FRESH AIR – April 28, 2024 - “It would be wonderful if we all ate all our fruits and vegetables and our whole grains and our lean proteins and got everything that we needed from the food supply, but unf... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMay 7 2024Mental Health
Anthony Hopkins Planning to Live Beyond 100 AUDIO – SOBER MEN CAN DO THAT – April 4, 2024 - Acting icon Anthony Hopkins is one lamb who refuses to be silenced! After going to hell and back battling addiction issues and depression, insiders dished the Hanniba... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 30 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietylife expectancy
Warning of ‘Cascading’ Alzheimer’s Risk From Alcohol and Stress NO ONE IS IMMUNE – April 26, 2024 - We know that our risk of developing Alzheimer’s is dependent on a range of genetic and environmental factors. And among these environmental factors are alcohol consumption a... Read More...Alcohol AddictionApril 30 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health
Cancer Rates Up in Young People Due to ‘Accelerated Aging’ VIDEO – 40 IS THE NEW 70 – April 9, 2024 - “The realization that cancer, and now aging, are becoming significant issues for younger demographics over the past decades was unexpected.” The researchers analyzed data fr... Read More...April 16 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerlife expectancy
These Were Amy Winehouse’s Tragic Final Words SUPERSTARS DIE TOO – Feb. 10, 2024 - Amy Winehouse was tipsy but still able to hold a conversation. Dr. Christina Romete, the soulful British pop singer’s general practitioner, had been treating Winehous... Read More...Alcohol AddictionApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyOverdoseRecovery
How “Toddler Milk” Is Marketed to Parents SELL SELL SELL LIE – April 2, 2024 - The U.S. government has repeatedly fought against advertising restrictions on these products around the globe. These drinks, targeted to young kids, may promise un... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediaharm reductioninterventionlife expectancyMental HealthTrauma
Anne Lamott’s Meditations on Life – Love and the Cycle of Aging REGISTER NOW SOBRIETY BECOMES HER – Happening Tomorrow April 10, 2024 - In a series of deeply personal Washington Post columns, Anne Lamott has explored aging from the miracles that age makes easier to see to the “superpo... Read More...April 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health
Friends: The Fisherman and the Stork TRUE LOVE – March 30, 2024 - Thirteen years ago, a poor fisherman in a small village was retrieving his net from a lake when he heard a noise behind him and turned to find a majestic being standing on the bow ... Read More...April 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyMental Health
Podcast Examines Perils of Intense Meditation AUDIO – EXTREME IS EXTREME! – March 31, 2024 - The four-episode series focuses on retreats held by the Goenka network, teaching a popular meditation technique called Vipassana. Participants follow a strict schedule, ... Read More...April 9 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health
Richard Serra – Minimalist Sculptor’s Steel Creations Awed Viewers, Dies at 85 WALLS AROUND THE WORLD – March 26, 2024 - Serra’s sculptures defined a generation of art-making. Working on an unusually large scale, Serra crafted gigantic artworks that enlisted spirals, cubes, and cones of ... Read More...April 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancy
More Than 8 Drinks a Week Increases Woman’s Risk of Heart Problems SAVE THYSELF – March 29, 2024 - Women who said they drink eight or more alcoholic drinks per week were anywhere from 33 to 51% more likely to develop coronary heart disease. The study also found that women who drank ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApril 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancy
Quote of the Week – Greta Thunberg “I have learned you are never too small to make a difference.” – Greta Thunberg ... Read More...April 2 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyquote of the week
Loneliness Worse than Smoking, Alcoholism, Obesity VIDEO – JOIN A 12-STEP GROUP? – March 22, 2024 - Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary discusses a new study that suggests loneliness can lead to premature death on ‘Varney & Co. WATCH@Fox ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancylonelinessMar 26 2024Mental Health
Three Months After Leaving Patton State Mental Hospital She Was Dead AUDIO – SCANDAL or FATE? – March 13, 2024 - The department agreed to pay the Amity Foundation roughly $121 million over five years to oversee and review reentry homes in Los Angeles County, Taxpayers paid about $5,... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 19 2024Mental Health
Walking Can Cut Disease and Death WALK ON THE MILD SIDE do do do – March 6, 2024 - For people with low and high amounts of sedentary time, getting any number of steps higher than 2,200 per day was linked with lower odds of developing car... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMar 19 2024Mental Health
Microplastics Found Clogging Human Arteries LIKE OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS? – March 9, 2024 - ”It’s extraordinary,” cardiologist Eric Topol, “I’m a cardiologist for three decades plus and I never envisioned we’d have microplastic in our arteries and its pr... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 19 2024Trauma
90% of Liver Transplant Websites Use Stigmatizing Language A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME... – March 6, 2024 - A “vast majority” of liver transplant centers use stigmatizing language, such as “alcoholic” or “alcohol abuse,” when describing patients with alcohol use disorder... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 12 2024
‘Black Balloon Day’ Remembers Those Lost to Overdose AND THOSE LEFT BEHIND – March 6, 2024 - “The black balloon is a symbolism of death, and today is Black Balloon Day,” said Tahira Malik, founder of Samad’s House. “Historically, when you go to a funeral, you’re wearin... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMar 12 2024OverdoseTrauma
The Man Who Cheated Death Again and Again LONG TERM LONGEVITY – Feb. 26, 2024 - Sid Korn should be dead. First came encephalitic polio as a baby. Next, binge drinking, a mood-altering habit acquired in college to beat loneliness, became routine ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMar 5 2024
Anxiety Drug Killed My Son and So Many Are Dying From It HOW MANY MORE? – March 3. 2024 - The drug that helped Alex Cottam turn his life around was also the one that ended up killing him. Alex, a 27-year-old software engineer, had been prescribed pregabalin to help h... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMar 5 2024Mental HealthTrauma
Wendy Williams’ Family On Her Sobriety FAIRY TALE GONE WRONG – Feb. 21, 2024 - The former talk show host’s loved ones spoke to People ahead of the Feb. 24 premiere of the two-night Lifetime special “Where Is Wendy Williams?” The project was produce... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyFeb 27 2024interventionInterviewlife expectancyRecoverysobrietyTrauma
The Fentanyl in the Coke Killed Her Sister VIDEO – NOT FAIR – Feb. 21, 2024 - I’m angry at what happened to them. I’m angry at the people who sold them those drugs,” Casey told ABC10 at a community vigil for her sister. Keely Pereira was visiting her hometo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024fentanyllife expectancyOverdoseTrauma
The Ripple Effects of Overdose Deaths FAMILIES NEED LOVE – Feb. 21, 2024 - When someone overdoses and dies, surviving loved ones can feel as if they’ve been thrown into a crater of grief. Athey, a clinical psychologist and suicide prevention expert, said... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024interventionlife expectancyOverdosesuicideTrauma
Drug Deaths Have Devastating Impact on Loved Ones COUNTRY IN CONSTANT MOURNING – Feb. 21, 2024 - 125 million American adults know at least one person who died by overdose. For many, it was a devastating loss. 40% of Americans know someone who died of a ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024life expectancyMental HealthOverdoseTrauma
Bigger Scandal Than Thalidomide! BABIES DEFORMED AGAIN – Feb. 22, 2024 - Since the 1970s, it has been known that sodium valproate can harm babies in the womb. So why was it prescribed to pregnant women? “My kids are fabulous, but I’d known for years... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 27 2024interventionlife expectancyTrauma
Lots of Young People on Lots of Psychiatric Drugs THEY’RE CUSTOMERS FIRST AND FOREMOST – Feb. 16, 2024 - Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs to take simultaneously. The phenomenon is increasing despite warnings... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 20 2024interventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
How Does Alcohol Affect the Gut Microbiome? IMPORTANT – Feb. 5, 2024 - A frothy beer or a glass of wine can enhance a meal and settle the mind. But what does alcohol do to the trillions of microbes living in your gut? As with much of microbiome science, “there... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 20 2024life expectancy