Watching War Unfold on Social Media Affects Your Mental Health
Kristina Shalashenko, a therapist who lives in Odessa, Ukraine, lives through a nightmare each day, wondering if or when Russia’s invasion will force her to flee her home. “It’s very scary. Everybody’s terrified and in shock,” she says through a translator. “The world [we’re] used to, it’s not there anymore.” Thousands of miles away, Kero Lubkova, who was born in Odessa and now lives in Colorado, spends their days checking news sites and social media for updates. Lubkova doesn’t do it because the updates may influence their next move, but because they “canno...
Source: TIME: Health - March 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Government must row back from reckless ditching of Covid rules, say education unions  
Chaos will reign in schools and millions of hours of learning will be lost unless the government rows back from the reckless decision to scrap all remaining Covid safety rules in England, three education unions are warning today (Monday). UNISON, Unite and GMB, which represent school support staff, are urging the Prime Minister to think again and keep in place free testing and the requirement to self-isolate, as an absolute minimum. The three unions say the government’s failure to provide clear, detailed guidance risks a super spreader free-for-all in schools and other workplaces. Throughout the pandemic, the governmen...
Source: UNISON Health care news - February 21, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release coronavirus schools Source Type: news

Life after lockdown: how do we best recover from the pandemic?
Two years of Covid have wreaked havoc with the nation ’s mental health. What can be learned from the survivors of other traumas and is there a way of thinking ourselves to a happier, healthier place?It was October 2020 when I realised I was going to have to ask for help. I ’ve always been anxious, but thanks to the pandemic, I developed debilitating health anxiety. A dire winter was coming and any respite we’d had over the summer felt like it was slipping away. I couldn’t get to sleep and when I finally did, I had nightmares. My stomach churned and my hands shoo k so badly I had to give up caffeine. I developed a c...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 16, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Rebecca Seal Tags: Mental health Coronavirus Science Infectious diseases Society Medical research Source Type: news

11 Reasons for Nightmares and How to Deal With Them
Title: 11 Reasons for Nightmares and How to Deal With ThemCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Sleep General)
Source: MedicineNet Sleep General - January 10, 2022 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news

How to sleep: How to overcome the nightmare of a noisy environment keeping you awake
TOSSING and turning as the clock keeps on ticking by can drive anybody a bit bonkers. Wasting the twilight hours can be even more unnerving when you know you have to get up early in the morning. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The fears of five-year-olds: how young children cope with Covid anxiety
Older children had exams cancelled and their futures thrown into doubt. But what has been the toll on primary pupils who began school during the pandemic?Let me introduce you to a little girl called Miriam. She ’s five years old and attends a primary school in north-east London. The adults who know her describe her as a confident, outgoing child. “She has a hugely adventurous spirit; she wants to try everything,” said one. But the pandemic that continues to spread fear and uncertainty across all our lives has made her scared of the world around her.Getting to sleep is difficult for Miriam because she has nightmares. ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 15, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Sally Weale Tags: Children Mental health Psychology Education Society Coronavirus Source Type: news

How to sleep: The drink triggering nightmares and severe breathing issues - expert advice
THE IMPORTANCE of good sleep for wellbeing cannot be overstated, yet shut-eye often evades those who need it the most. The connection between food intake and sleep is well established. But there is evidence that some drinks, too, could cause severe disturbances by triggering nightmares and breathing issues. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can lucid dreaming help us understand consciousness?
The ability to control our dreams is a skill that more of us are seeking to acquire for sheer pleasure. But if taken seriously, scientists believe it could unlock new secrets of the mindMichelle Carr is frequently plagued by tidal waves in her dreams. What should be a terrifying nightmare, however, can quickly turn into a whimsical adventure – thanks to her ability to control her dreams. She can transform herself into a dolphin and swim into the water. Once, she transformed the wave itself, turning it into a giant snail with a huge shell. “It came right up to me – it was a really beautiful moment.”There ’s a thri...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 14, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Robson Tags: Consciousness Science Neuroscience Sleep Source Type: news

Hiding from danger, not from fear: lockdown as a risk factor of probable PTSD among civilians after Strasbourg Christmas market terror attack - Mengin AC, Rolling JM, Palacio C, Mastelli D, Berna F, Schroder CM, Vidailhet P.
On December 11, 2018, five people were killed and 11 injured during a terrorist attack on Strasbourg's Christmas market. As the attacker was on the run during the night, part of the population was locked down for several hours. Our study aimed at assessing... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

3 Children Found Abandoned, Skeletal Remains of 4th in Houston House of Horrors
TwitterHouston cops carrying out a welfare check on an apartment found a nightmare: three siblings abandoned and living with the... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Insomnia, Grinding And Nightmares: How To Deal With COVID Sleep Problems
Experts reveal the most common ways COVID-related stress has disrupted our sleep cycles and how to fix them. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 30, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

My Child Was Vulnerable Long Before the Pandemic. But the Wait for a Vaccine Is Excruciating
Whenever my 9-year-old seizes, he’s coming out of sleep—as though his brain gets stuck in an elevator between the basement of REM and the lobby of consciousness. Around 5 a.m., always on a day I couldn’t predict, his 50-pound frame starts to tap and jerk, keeping an awful rhythm, and, for too many seconds, he cannot say his name. Seizures are the latest in a litany of medical and developmental challenges that have puzzled his doctors for the last seven years, beginning with the morning his blood sugar dropped to 27 mg/dL. A normal range is around 70-100 mg/dL. We have medication and genetic test results, ...
Source: TIME: Health - September 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Taylor Harris Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 nationpod Source Type: news

Paris attacks: Historic day of reckoning for night of terror
Survivors and families attend the long-awaited trial of 20 men accused of the deadly 2015 attacks. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dire warnings, then explosions and US deaths: How a terror strike unfolded at Kabul airport
The explosions come after the State Department on Wednesday night alerted Americans at gates of the chaotic Kabul airport to "leave immediately." (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Schools Across the U.S. Are Already Switching Back to Remote Learning Amid COVID-19 Surge
(ATLANTA) — A few weeks into the new school year, growing numbers of U.S. districts have halted in-person learning or switched to hybrid models because of rapidly mounting coronavirus infections. More than 80 school districts or charter networks have closed or delayed in-person classes for at least one entire school in more than a dozen states. Others have sent home whole grade levels or asked half their students to stay home on hybrid schedules. The setbacks in mostly small, rural districts that were among the first to return dampen hopes for a sustained, widespread return to classrooms after two years of schooling ...
Source: TIME: Health - August 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeff Amy/AP Tags: Uncategorized Education healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news