When the school day starts later, teens get better sleep and feel more motivated
This study was conducted at the most academic type of German secondary school, equivalent to a grammar school, which limits the generalisability of the findings. It’s possible, perhaps even likely, that students from other backgrounds or countries will experience different costs and benefits when taking advantage of late starts.
As appealing as later school starts may sound, their practicality and effects on students within the UK system requires further investigation. Apologies to younger readers!
– Sleep improvements on days with later school starts persist after 1 year in a flexible start system
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Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational Sleep and dreaming Source Type: blogs
When the government comes for your trans kid
Even before I turned 16, I knew I liked girls. I also knew I liked boys. I didn’t understand it. Why was I drawn to women? During that period of my life (between 11 and 16 years of age), I was also in a boarding school. An all-girl boarding school, for that matter. It wasRead more …When the government comes for your trans kid originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 18, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/uchenna-umeh" rel="tag" > Uchenna Umeh, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
The (sort of, partial) Father mRNA Vaccines Who Now Spreads Vaccine Misinformation (Part 1)
By DAVID WARMFLASH, MD
Robert W. Malone, MD MS, is a physician-scientist who will live in infamy, thanks to the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast boosting his visibility this past December regarding his criticism of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly the mRNA vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech). Subsequently, Malone was banned from Twitter, which further boosted his celebrity status. Describing himself as the inventor of mRNA vaccine technology, he has been reaching a growing number of people with a narrative that makes COVID-19 vaccination sound scary. We cannot embed clips from the Rogan interview, which lasted about three...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy antivaxxer COVID-19 vaccine David Warmflash Joe Rogan Robert Malone Source Type: blogs
poem
Letter To My Son, To Be Read When I'm DeadI got mad watching you play soccer this morning. You weren ’t aggressive. You didn ’t hustle. You avoided contact. Your heart wasn ’t on fire. When you were open and the boys didn ’t feed you the ball you accepted it passively. You didn ’t fight. Where was your rage? Why wasn ’t your heart glowing like spilt lava all over the field? I know I’m exaggerating. It wasn ’t all bad. I ’m being unfair. The second half was better. But by then I ’d already soured. When I played I was a tempest of rag...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - March 6, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Navigating the road of adolescence: young people ’s mental health in the UK
STEER Education - This analysis of data from 15,000 secondary school students across the UK reveals a stark – and growing – divide between girls’ and boys’ social and emotional wellbeing. The report, produced in partnership with the charity Minds Ahead, finds that girls aged eleven are now 30 per cent more likely to suffer from poor mental health than boys of the same age. By the time girls reach 18, they are now more than twice as likely to experience poor mental health than boys of the same age.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 1, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Mental health Source Type: blogs
Randolph Hospital (the old/bankrupt Randolph) vs. Cone Healthcare: " Self-dealing " And Unethical Business Practices. DUH. It's Not Like I Did Not Tell You So.
Before we even get started (and for the record), I was born at Cone Hospital. For years, I admired it from afar.But that was before . . .Once upon a time, twenty-four years ago this month, the executives running my hometown hospital (Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, North Carolina), fired me ( " without cause " ) . . . two weeks after I answered a terrified LDRP charge nurse ' s call in the middle of the night - to intervene in a neonatal case where the managing Family Practitioner was so " lost " that the nurse feared the baby would die before I could get there. The FP (who later styled himself to the baby ...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - February 24, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: Asheboro Atrium Health Bankruptcy Bob Morrison Cone Healthcare Ed Cone Medical Whistle-blower National Health Service Corps NC Rural Heatlh Patient Safety Quality Assruance Steve Eblin Source Type: blogs
The case for a men ’s health strategy
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Issues Affecting Men and Boys - Presented with expert views, this report found that a holistic, evidence-based, positive and gender-informed approach to men ’s health is far more effective than the government’s current disease/condition approach on men’s health. The APPG notes that this is not consistent with the government’s approach on women’s health as outlined in its recent vision statement (which the APPG supports). It also notes that the government has produced no evidence that its current approach to men’s health is working.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Manageme...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 21, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
P.J. O ’Rourke, RIP
David BoazWe are saddened to report the death of our friend and colleague, our H. L. Mencken Research Fellow,P.J. O ’Rourke, this morning at 74. For those of us who grew up with P.J., this feels like a very personal loss.When I was in college, the most popular magazine on campus wasNational Lampoon, which he edited. I remember quite a few funny bits from it, but I can’t quote them because I think they all involved drug use, gender relations, and other topics that are now off‐limits.He then moved on toRolling Stone, where he was the Foreign Affairs Desk Chief, which was totally cool because they paid him t...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
P. J. O ’Rourke, RIP
David BoazWe are saddened to report the death of our friend and colleague, our H. L. Mencken Research Fellow,P. J. O ’Rourke, this morning at 74. For those of us who grew up with P.J., this feels like a very personal loss.When I was in college, the most popular magazine on campus wasNational Lampoon, which he edited. I remember quite a few funny bits from it, but I can’t quote them because I think they all involved drug use, gender relations, and other topics that are now off‐limits.He then moved on toRolling Stone, where he was the Foreign Affairs Desk Chief, which was totally cool because they paid him ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
Meet the Editors: Will Bynum, MD
What are your roles and responsibilities with Academic Medicine?
My two primary roles are to assist with editorial input and decision making for Innovation Reports and Teaching and Learning Moments.I have also completed editorial reviews on various research papers; coauthored a commentary; and cohosted a podcast episode on well-being in medical education, my area of academic interest.
What do you enjoy most about your work with Academic Medicine?
The people! I have really loved—and been surprised by—how much teamwork there is in the editorial process. The entire editorial team brings a highly collegi...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - February 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: Meet the Editors medical education scholarly publishing Source Type: blogs
The Particularly Painful Isolation of the Autism Parent
Isolation is a huge and common problem these days. We hear about it in the context of Covid-19 and children staying home, whether because of safety concerns, or quarantine. The autism parent, however, faces these challenges as well as unique issues particular to their child’s situation. Today my thoughts have been heavy and colored with this special form of isolation. Because I am a lonely and isolated autism parent. I always have been.
For autism parents like me, our sense of alienation and Other-ness begins at the earliest stages of parenthood, when we realize our children are following a different path than expecte...
Source: Susan's Blog - February 3, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Sex differences in adolescents ’ occupational aspirations: Variations across time and place
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261438We investigated sex differences in 473,260 adolescents ' aspirations to work in things-oriented (e.g., mechanic), people-oriented (e.g., nurse), and STEM (e.g., mathematician) careers across 80 countries and economic regions using the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). We analyzed student career aspirations in combination with student achievement in mathematics, reading, and science, as well as parental occupations and family wealth. In each country and region, more boys than girls aspired to a things-oriented or STEM occupati...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - February 3, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
The Signs And Symptoms Of A Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Anxiety, depression, aggressiveness and breaking rules can be signs of these mineral and vitamin deficiencies in boys. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 16, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
poem
LatchkeyI was a latchkey kid.I was self reliant.I wasn ’t afraid of the emptiness of home.We ’d barge through the foyer shouting, bickering, Flip on the TV, fill the clock ticking silence with sound.Noise as a way of forgetting you're alone.I could do what I wantedI liked being alone I could run and shout,Boss my little sisters Pound the basketball against the cement,Chuck a tennis ball against a cinder block wall That had a strike zone chalked in the middle,At least until mom got homeAnd had to take her nap.I preferred being alone.I didn ’t wear the key around my neckDangling from a red yar...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - January 2, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Ten insights on human well-being and potential from two giants we sadly lost in 2021: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Ed Diener
Many of us suffered terrible losses in 2021. In the field of positive psychology, we lost two of our most influential scholars: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Ed Diener. In their honor, I’d like to remember and appreciate the contributions they made to the understanding of human flourishing.
Csikszentmihalyi was born in 1934 in what today is Hungary. He grew up curious and spirited, but his world changed with the outbreak of World War II and the instability that followed. After attending a lecture by Carl Jung as a young adult, he left for the United States and eventually landed at the University of Chicago, setting out to ...
Source: SharpBrains - December 13, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greater Good Science Center Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning behavior happiness human behavior human potential Positive-Psychology Psychological Science well-being Source Type: blogs
