Mental-health therapists see uptick in patients struggling with post-election anxiety
From The Seattle Times:
With the constant bombardment of information coming out of the Trump administration, local mental-health experts say a hefty number of their existing clients — and as many as 80 percent of potential new clients — are seeking help for postelection distress.
And this has been an equal-opportunity occurrence: “anxiety has been on the rise among people of all political leanings, therapists say.”
The Brief, Confusing History of Foam Packaging
I did not know that everything we think is Styrofoam actually isn’t:
We know that polystyrene is bad for the environment, that it’s frequently mistaken for Styrofoam, and that it’s kind of a crappy way of shipping food to people.
Best way to slow aging? Exercise, but not just any kind
A new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism noted that any kind of exercise is better than none, but it’s the high-intensity interval training that does best in reversing age-related changes at the cellular level.
Is It Harder to Lose Weight When You’re Older?
The short answer: “Yes, unfortunately.”
But there is some good news: Dr. Leslie Cho, an interventional cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic and director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Women’s Cardiovascular Center, suggests that older people focus on general fitness rather than obsessing about a number on a scale.
UW professor: The information war is real, and we’re losing it
University of Washington professor Kate Starbird works in the field of crisis informatics. After the Boston Marathon bombing she began looking at social media postings to see how those media might be used for the public good in crises. Unexpectedly, she found clusters of fringe conspiracy theories, what she calls “real tinfoil-hat stuff.”
Read about her findings in an article that seems especially pertinent in light of the current political current in the U.S.
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