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PETROL ADDICTION

VIDEO – JUDGE NOT... – July 5, 2024 - Despite warnings that her strange craving could kill her, 20-year-old Shannon developed a habit of drinking gasoline daily. Horrifying footage shows her trudging into her bathr... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 9 2024life expectancy

The Roller-Coaster of a Child’s Tragic Addiction

THE GOOD ARE DYING YOUNGER – July 5, 2024 - The first time my son, Zack, died was just after his 18th birthday. The kind, funny, charming young man who never failed to light up a room, died slowly. Though his ... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 9 2024life expectancy

Robert Towne, Screenwriter ‘Chinatown’ & ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, Dies at 89

CONVERSATIONS MATTER – July 2, 2024 - Mr. Towne’s Academy Award was part of a phenomenal run. He was nominated for best-screenplay Oscars three years in a row; his “Chinatown” win, in 1974, came between nomina... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 9 2024life expectancy

Actor Donald Sutherland Dead at 88

ONE OF OUR FAVORITES – June 20, 2024 - Donald Sutherland, a Canadian actor whose career spanned more than six decades, he starred in many acclaimed titles. A magnetic screen star whose chameleon-like ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJune 25 2024life expectancy

Neuroscience Says One Simple Habit Improves Cognition and Helps You Live Better Longer

GO TO MORE MEETINGS – June 8, 2024 - “These results might have clinical implications as an expanding body of research suggests that mindfulness exercises and meditation may reduce cortisol levels and improve c... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 18 2024life expectancyMental Health

‘Gaslit by doctors’ – Patients Turning to a Shadow System of At-Home Tests

A MUST READ – June 9, 2024 - Half a dozen pediatric specialists largely dismissed her daughter’s ailments … After a year and a half, an answer came finally in the form of a Facebook ad for Tiny Health, a Silic... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 18 2024life expectancy

Martin Amis Remembered by Tina Brown: ‘He made every sentence electric’

READ HIM NOW – June 10, 2024 - Martin Amis knew how good he was, and meted out his treasures to lucky editors with a certain lofty care. One of my first calls when I got to Vanity Fair was to ask him to ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 18 2024life expectancy

Energy Drinks Linked to Sudden Cardiac Arrest

VIDEO – WHO CAN YOU TRUST? – June 6, 2024 - For the study, the team examined 144 sudden cardiac arrest survivors. Seven patients within this group had consumed one or more energy drinks near to the time that the ca... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 11 2024life expectancyTrauma

Legendary Bill Walton – Hall of Famer & UCLA Superstar – Dies at 71

THE BIGGEST DEAD HEAD – May 27, 2024 - "Bill Walton was truly one of a kind, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "As a cherished member of the NBA family for 50 years, Bill will be deeply missed b... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMay 28 2024

Enjoy World Turtle Day With 15 Photographs of the Delightful Reptiles

THE TURTLE WON – May 23, 2024 - Started by the American Tortoise Rescue, the first World Turtle Day was observed on May 23, 2000. For more than 30 years, the organization has helped rehome turtles and tortois... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMay 28 2024Mental Health

How The Heart Rewires The Brain

THINKING YOU’RE IN LOVE – 2024 - New science shows the heart is far more than a pump. This intelligent organ generates powerful electromagnetic signals that fundamentally influence brain processes like cogniti... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyMay 21 2024Mental Health

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...

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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

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