Opioid overdose in the community
It’s your day off and you’re running errands. You stop for coffee at a local café and start chatting with friends. After about 15…
Mental Health
Ethics in a pandemic
Disasters, including global pandemics such as COVID-19, disrupt standard care and present ethical challenges. Planning helps us prepare for disasters, but it can’t eliminate…
Meditation-based therapy may reduce occurrence of sleep paralysis
A new study published in Frontiers in Neurology explores a new therapeutic technique to reduce the occurrence of sleep paralysis (SP) in patients with…
Long-term effects of napping on cardiovascular health
We all need a nap every once in a while—but the effects of frequent napping have remained controversial in the scientific community. Over the…
The relationship between a plant-based diet and aging
Over time, plant-based diets have grown more and more in popularity. While the choice to eat a plant-based diet is based on personal considerations,…
True magic
This year in nursing school I have had to perform many magic tricks to cope and survive. The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has…
Improving the health of mothers living in poverty
When mothers living in homelessness participate in evidence-based, trauma-informed, healthy lifestyle classes with a nurse, their depression, distress, and anxiety levels may decline.
We shall remember
On July 29, 2020, the New York Times reported that at least 150,909 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. since the pandemic…
Health and happiness depend on each other
New research published in Psychological Science provides new evidence to the claim that a happy outlook can have an impact on your physical health.…
The power of small acts of kindness
I was at a gas station when an elderly woman asked me if I could help her because she made an “oopsie”. In an…
How to manage COVID-19-related emotional distress
Today, there are over 15 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 624,000 deaths worldwide. In the U.S., the country with the most cases, there have…
Opioid overdose in the community
It’s your day off and you’re running errands. You stop for coffee at a local café and start chatting with friends. After…
Ethics in a pandemic
Disasters, including global pandemics such as COVID-19, disrupt standard care and present ethical challenges. Planning helps us prepare for disasters, but it…
Meditation-based therapy may reduce occurrence of sleep paralysis
A new study published in Frontiers in Neurology explores a new therapeutic technique to reduce the occurrence of sleep paralysis (SP) in…
Long-term effects of napping on cardiovascular health
We all need a nap every once in a while—but the effects of frequent napping have remained controversial in the scientific community.…
The relationship between a plant-based diet and aging
Over time, plant-based diets have grown more and more in popularity. While the choice to eat a plant-based diet is based on…
True magic
This year in nursing school I have had to perform many magic tricks to cope and survive. The experience of the COVID-19…
Improving the health of mothers living in poverty
When mothers living in homelessness participate in evidence-based, trauma-informed, healthy lifestyle classes with a nurse, their depression, distress, and anxiety levels may…
We shall remember
On July 29, 2020, the New York Times reported that at least 150,909 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. since…
Health and happiness depend on each other
New research published in Psychological Science provides new evidence to the claim that a happy outlook can have an impact on your…
The power of small acts of kindness
I was at a gas station when an elderly woman asked me if I could help her because she made an “oopsie”.…
How to manage COVID-19-related emotional distress
Today, there are over 15 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 624,000 deaths worldwide. In the U.S., the country with the most cases,…