Benadryl Linked to Dementia? WHO DO YOU TRUST? – July 21, 2025 - Benadryl interferes with the brain chemical acetylcholine, which is responsible for attention, concentration and memory, said Dr. Malaz Boustani, a geriatrician and neuroscientist ... Read More...Aug 12 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMental Health
Anthony Kim Shares Theo Von Video for Mental Health Awareness GRIEF MATTERS – Aug. 4th, 2025 - The video clip, from Von’s podcast This Past Weekend, highlights the comedian’s grief after losing a close friend to addiction—something Kim personally relates to. The $5-million net-... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 12 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyMental Health
OpenAI Introduces Mental Health Safeguards AI Therapy – August 5, 2025 - OpenAI has unveiled a series of updates to ChatGPT aimed at promoting mental well-being and preventing emotional dependency. The move follows months of scrutiny and chilling reports of u... Read More...Aug 12 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Understanding the Brain’s “Action Mode” SCIENCE MATTERS – July 24, 2025 - Moving toward saying no to drugs, cravings, and risky choices. The brain is a master controller, organized into large-scale neural networks that directly affect whether people with a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 05 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMental Health
Low-Impact Workout That Works JAPANESE WALKING – July 17, 2025 - From the daily 10,000-step method to the viral 12-3-30 treadmill workout, walking as an exercise has never been more popular. It comes with many health benefits, and the effort requ... Read More...Aug 05 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health
Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t THE NEW YORKER – July 21, 2025 - When Christine was nine years old, her mother, Mary, said, “Come here. I want to tell you a secret.” They sat on a brown couch in their living room, in Santa Ana, California. Mary, wh... Read More...Aug 05 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
1 in 7 Teens Has Mental Health Disorder KINDNESS MATTERS – July 25, 2025 - According to the World Health Organisation, 1 in 7 young people aged 10–19 is living with a mental health disorder. That’s a stat that safeguarding specialist Steven Britton finds d... Read More...Aug 05 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Healthteenagers
Popular Sugar Substitute Linked to Brain Damage KEEP IT REAL – July 18, 2025 - Research indicates that erythritol, a sugar substitute commonly recommended for individuals with obesity or diabetes, may carry unexpected health risks. From low-carb ice creams and ket... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 29 2025life expectancyMental Health
Joan Didion’s Psychiatry Sessions Raise Questions of Exploitation AN OPENED BOOK – July 19, 2025 - Joan Didion’s posthumous publication, “Notes to John,” is a collection of journal entries from her psychiatry sessions with her psychiatrist, who was an old-fashioned Freudian. The en... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 29 2025Mental Health
Breakfast Habits Associated with Depressive Symptoms SUGAR BLUES? – July 6, 2025 - Eating breakfast can improve concentration, memory, and academic performance in children. It may also help regulate metabolism and support healthy weight management. “Breakfast skipping... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionEating DisorderJuly 22 2025Mental Health
Do You Have Cognitive Decline? WHY DID I COME IN HERE? – July 10th, 2025 - It happens from time to time: You start telling a story, only to lose your train of thought halfway through. Or you walk into a room and can’t remember what you went in the... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 15 2025Mental Health
Children’s Screen Addiction Linked to Mental Decline VIDEO – SAD FACETIME – July 2, 2025 - 13News chatted with Jennie Voelker, a licensed clinical social worker with Community Health Network, on how to navigate screen time with our kids. CONTINUE@YouTube h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 15 2025Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Peppermint Tea Improves Memory and Attention HERBAL MAGIC – July 2, 2025 - Peppermint can improve attention, working memory, and even mood. Some scientists have proposed that these benefits arise because peppermint increases cerebral blood flow, especially in t... Read More...July 08 2025life expectancyMental Health
Risks of Drinking Soar in Older Age SO OLD-FASHIONED – July 3, 2025 - Alcohol affects “virtually every organ system in the body,” including the muscles and blood vessels, digestive system, heart and brain. I”t particularly impacts older adults, because... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 08 2025Mental Health
Understand “neuronal ensembles” and Revolutionize Addiction Treatment IMPROVE YOUR GAME NOW – July 3, 2025 - I am a behavioral neuroscientist studying addiction, and my team is interested in how reward memories are formed and processed in the brain. We study how memories linked to natu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 08 2025Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Man’s Disability Caused Police to Arrest Him as a Drunk VIDEO – MISTAKEN IDENTITY – June 17, 2025 - Roger Lewis admits when Mt. Juliet police arrived on his call for help, he was in a real mess. Body camera footage showed the 66-year-old Hendersonville man stand... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJuly 01 2025Mental Health
Single Psilocybin Trip Delivers TWO Years of Depression Relief NO SIDE EFFECTS – June 16, 2025 - Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, might just revolutionize how depression and anxiety are treated in cancer patients. In a groundbreaking trial, a single do... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionJune 24 2025Mental HealthPsychedelics
Miracle Drug Makes Our ‘brains happier’ NO, NOT CANNABIS – June 15, 2025 - A surprising new study has found that some common medication used to make people feel better might also be effective in the fight against cancer. In lab tests using both mouse and h... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 24 2025Mental Health
The Surprising Health Benefits of Spicy Food SPICE UP YOUR LIFE – June 16, 2025 - Several studies find that people who regularly eat spicy food have better overall health and fewer diseases. A diet rich in spicy peppers was associated with less obesity, heart d... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediafood addictionJune 24 2025life expectancyMental Health
Singing Is Good For Your Brain! HUMMING IS TOO – June 10, 2024 - If there is a song in your soul, sing it out loud — whether in your car on your morning commute or at karaoke with friends. It’s okay if you are not the next Taylor Swift. Ma... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJune 17 2025life expectancyMental Health
Wishing Things Were Different…Or Loving What Is? ACCEPTANCE is THE KEY? – June 6, 2025 - The transformative or transcendent potential of love has been reported for thousands of years. It’s been suggested as a means of connecting with the infinite, with what l... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJune 17 2025Mental Health
Eight Psychiatric Disorders Share Same Root Cause PARENTS? – June 10, 2025 - They identified 109 genes that were linked in different combinations with eight psychiatric disorders, including autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disord... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 17 2025Mental Health
Facebook Invests $14.3 Billion in Artificial Intelligence ANYTHING THE BRAIN CAN DO – June 12, 2025 - Superintelligence is a futuristic goal of A.I. development. OpenAI, Google and others have said their immediate aim is to build artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetJune 17 2025Mental Health
Being Alone Can Make You Happier THE ONENESS – June 9, 2025 - In Wim Wenders’ recent film Perfect Days, the main character, a Tokyo toilet cleaner, spends many of his hours in solitude; watering plants, contemplating, listening to music and re... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 17 2025life expectancylonelinessMental Health
Most Popular Processed Foods Linked to Parkinson’s Disease AND TOOTH DECAY – June 3, 2025 - People who eat a lot of ultra-processed foods, such as cold breakfast cereals, cookies, and hot dogs, may be more likely to develop early signs of Parkinson’s disease compared t... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionJune 10 2025Mental Health
Kennedy Is Shrinking the Agency that Helps The Mentally Ill and Addicts GOODBYE SAMHSA – June 6, 2025 - The country’s main mental health agency, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, commonly known as SAMHSA, is in the process of being dissolved. It has lost more th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 10 2025life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Documentary on Homelessness Crisis Debuts at REEL Recovery Film Festival MOVIES MATTER – June 6, 2025 - “InhuMAINE,” created by Rogan O’Donnell, was filmed almost entirely in Bangor and attempts to capture why the region has struggled with growing homelessness in the wake of the pandemic.... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediahomelessJune 10 2025Mental HealthREEL Recovery Film Festival
6 Daily Habits That Will Help You Live Longer AND HEALTHIER – June 6, 2025 - Cut back on sugary and salty processed foods in favor of whole, fresh ones; quit smoking; cool it on the alcohol; and get in some regular exercise. However unsexy such recommendations m... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 10 2025life expectancyMental Health
Loneliness as Deadly as Obesity and Smoking VIDEO – ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE – May 25, 2025 - Elvis Presley sang it in Heartbreak Hotel and now a top voice in American health says the classic song’s chorus has become an alarming reality: Americans are feeling so... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 03 2025lonelinessMental Health
Thousands Might Have Alcohol Brain Damage PROBABLY DO – May 25, 2025 - Thousands of people with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) could be going undiagnosed, an expert says. Research suggests consuming 35 units of alcohol per week for five years or more... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 03 2025Mental Health