What birds might you see in your English country garden?
Reader John S asked me to put together a report on the topic of what birds we are likely to see in our gardens. I suspect there are a few of you who will have spent an hour back in January counting species for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch and so hopefully there are others would be interested to know what they might see.
Of course, which of our feathered friends turns up in your garden is down to many different factors, the size and layout of your garden, tree and other plant species, the presence of cats, whereabouts you are relative to patches of woodland, farmland, and whether or not the visitors find a useful ...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - February 4, 2019 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
The (Dis)Comfort Zone
I realized recently that I rarely stray outside my comfort zone. It takes such an effort for me to keep going to classes, for example, or anything at night. Parties on weekends are a supreme effort at times, though I’m usually glad I went. But why is there such an effort behind going out, forward?
Anxiety runs in my family, I believe all of us but Ned suffer from it. Mine comes in waves, where the terrible times make me feel like old wood, about to crack and splinter. I think Nat’s is like this, too. When he was a baby and had some new food in front of him, he said, “Don’t worry hot dogs.” Try...
Source: Susan's Blog - January 14, 2019 Category: Child Development Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Aging: Does “Old” Mean No Longer Fully Alive?
As one born at the beginning of the Baby Boom, I am used to having the preoccupations of my generation becoming fodder for media preoccupations with us, much as the Millennials are experiencing now. And now that we are in or approaching later life, this focus on us emerges again.70 million of us Baby Boomers are facing what it means to be in later life. And many of us begin to fret about how old is old? Am I old? What does it mean to be old? How is it that so many of us recoil from knowing ourselves as old?One researcher, Serge Scherbov, says in a recentNYTimes article for Americans, it ’s roughly 70 to 71 for men and...
Source: Jung At Heart - January 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: blogs
Psychotherapy: When not doing is doing it best
It ’s hard to sit with someone who is crying or angry or yearning or silent for long periods and not want to do something to make them feel better, to break the tension in the room. But most of the time if that desire to do something is acted upon, the outcome is not what we hope. For me, this is a l esson I have had to learn again and again.I have been thinking about this a lot lately. What comes to me is the image of an infant in the throes of colic. You try everything to make them stop because that cry is distressing, because it makes you feel impotent and frustrated and even angry. Rock the baby. Pat the baby. Sing. ...
Source: Jung At Heart - January 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: blogs
Children ’ s Books Written by SLPs
Do
you have a passion for speech, language and children’s literature?
When I was a child, one of my favorite activities was reading children’s books and writing stories. I also dreamed of publishing my own children’s book. As an adult—and speech-language pathologist—I still love children’s books and review them on my blog.
I also achieved my dream and published
three children’s books so far!
There’s a natural connection for SLPs to write children’s books, and I’m excited to highlight some of these fun stories—many of which are often full of useful activities for children needing help wi...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 9, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Academia & Research Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Health Care Language Disorders Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs
Finish Strong: Putting YOUR Priorities First at Life ’s End
Barbara Coombs Lee, an ER and ICU nurse and physician assistant for 25 years, has written a critically acclaimed, groundbreaking book about how to live strong to the end.
Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End is based on her decades as a clinician, caring for dying patients who suffered needlessly, and decades more as an advocate, empowering people to avoid that fate. Its recommendations come with both the authority of knowledge and experience, and the compassion of one who knows firsthand how challenging the end-of-life journey can be.
“As baby boomers moved through significant life s...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 8, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Saving Lives in Nepal with One Heart Worldwide
Maternal and infant mortality is a huge issue, world-wide. When I met Arlene Saman, the founder of One Heart Worldwide I was excited by the results they were seeing and I had ideas for ways to make the work even stronger. It was my pleasure to join the board of directors in 2015 and watch the work grow. Until this year, I’ve only watched from afar, but in 2018 my wife (@MsGreene) and I had the pleasure of joining Arlene and 14 other people to see the work first hand.
Over the next few weeks, we will be releasing our audio journal of the trip. We hope you will join us on this amazing journey.
Click here for more infor...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - December 27, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Maternal and Infant Mortality Nepal Non-profit Travel Source Type: blogs
Saving Lives in Nepal with One Heart Worldwide
Follow this link for more information about One Heart Worldwide and their amazing work for mothers and babies.
If you’ve enjoyed this Podcast, please join us for another @DrGreene and @MsGreene audio series — Our unexpected African adventure to meet Jane Goodall & the chimpanzees.
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Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - December 27, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Maternal and Infant Mortality Nepal Non-profit Travel Source Type: blogs
Transitions: Outward Appearances Do Not Always Reflect the Struggles Within
Transitions can be hard. All of us go through many uncharted periods during our lifetime whether it is going to college; changing a career; becoming a parent; caring for parents; enduring a breakup or grieving the loss of a loved one. These life shifts are unavoidable. Acknowledging and understanding them can help you navigate the changes.
One the most difficult times in my life was transitioning out of a sport I loved. I was a professional figure skater. My commitment and love for skating was absolute for the better part of 20 years of my life. My family and friends referred to me as “the skater”; a label I proud...
Source: World of Psychology - December 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barbara Steele Martin, MA, LMHC Tags: Industrial and Workplace Motivation and Inspiration Personal Professional Self-Help Coping Skills Life Changes Resilience Source Type: blogs
Matters of the Heart
So I guess I ’m going to talk about this thing, which has nothing to do with disability advocacy or Schuyler, except of course it does, because those are the parts of my life that I couldn’t separate from the rest even if I wanted to, and I very much don’t.Last March, as you might remember, I had a hospital scare that ended in me getting my own health regimen back on track. That day sucked, to be sure, and it was followed by plenty more that were also pretty awful. But it ended up for the best, I suppose. I got better and my health improved to a point where it was more solid than it ’s been in years. I ended up tra...
Source: Schuyler's Monster: The Blog - December 17, 2018 Category: Disability Authors: Robert Rummel-Hudson Source Type: blogs
Designer Babies: A Dystopian Sidetrack of Gene Editing
A Chinese scientist shocked the scientific community a couple of days ago with the announcement of having modified the very blueprint of life. If his claims are true, he tried to bestow two baby girls the ability to resist possible future infections with HIV. The outrage shows that humanity is not prepared to utilize the power of gene editing on embryos yet. We have no idea about the biological consequences, and we haven’t tackled the necessary legal and ethical issues.
Genes to become toys of the “Gods”?
Humanity has come a long way since Aldous Huxley pinned down how methods of genetic engineering, biological cond...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 15, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Future of Medicine Genomics designer babies designer baby Gene gene editing genes Genome genome sequencing Health Healthcare healthcare system Innovation technology Source Type: blogs
Top Digital Health Stories of 2018: From Amazon And Google To Gene-Edited Babies
Instead of mind-boggling inventions, 2018 was the year when national governments, as well as healthcare regulators, started to embrace digital health technologies at scale. The year when Google, Amazon, Apple or Microsoft competed head-to-head for the biggest chunks on the healthcare market, and when the buzzword of the year award went to the blockchain. Here’s our guide to the top digital health stories from last year.
2018: Under the spell of cosmos and microcosmos
Every year, The Medical Futurist team sits down and collects the top stories of the past 12 months in healthcare. We put the novelties under the microscope,...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 11, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Business Future of Medicine Medical Professionals Patients Policy Makers Researchers Top Lists 2018 AI artificial intelligence artificial pancreas blockchain chatbot CRISPR deep learning diabetes digital health digital he Source Type: blogs
December Issue of NIH News in Health Now Available!
Check out the December issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research. In this issue:
Plan Your Plate: Shifting to a Healthy Eating Style
Healthy eating is one of the best ways to prevent or delay health problems.
Safe Sleep for Baby: Reducing the Risk of SIDS
There are many ways to reduce a baby’s chances for sleep-related deaths.
Health Capsule: Probiotic May Stop Staph
A new study suggests that people who have a certain helpful microbe, or probiotic, in their gut may be less likely to have harmful “staph” germs.
Health Capsule: I...
Source: BHIC - December 6, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kay Deeney Tags: Articles Children and Teens Chronic Disease Public Health Source Type: blogs
How to sleep during pregnancy ? must read
Sleeping in pregnancy! Is it comfortable for you? If you are a stomach sleeper then you have to switch sleep positions to put up your growing girth. Once you are pregnant, getting comfortable at night is no easy achievement. Finally your back is painful; your belly is threatening to take over the bed and your legs are cramping. Overall, you have to understand that which position is the safest as well as best for sleeping during pregnancy.
Sleep During Pregnancy
There are numerous reasons why pregnant ladies might have trouble receiving sufficient sleep, for example getting up regularly to urinate, stomach problems such as ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - November 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
