Addiction has long been considered something that impacts the entire family. This means that the friends and family of the individual struggling with addiction and going through recovery also need support. At times, the family and friends of the addict help enable the addict, instead of helping the individual. Often, families attempt to ignore the…
Sleep and Depression: How Waking Up Earlier Reduces the Risk of Depression
Are sleep and depression related? And does when you sleep make a difference in your moods and reducing the risk of depression? Absolutely. A study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, shows that rising one hour earlier reduces the risk of depression by 23%. And, if you wake two hours earlier, the risk drops to…
Sharing My Psychology With My Readers
Last week I did something I have never done, and that was to delete two posts; the first was Getting Away With Murder Or Is The Tide Turning, and the second was They Want You Dead. In this second, I was going as far as mentioning hangings and Nuremberg Trials. All the principles from the……
Don’t Use Antibody Tests Post Vaccine to Determine Immunity
Antibodies are proteins your body makes in response to infections and will be detectable in your blood after infection as a sign of your body’s battle against that pathogen. Antibodies for COVID-19 are believed to develop within one to three weeks after infection, and a positive antibody test for COVID-19 means that a person may…
Plant-based taste sensations from The Funky Nut Co
Peanut butter fans craving their next fix are in for the ultimate treat with two new plant-based taste sensations from The Funky Nut Co. Funky Nut Co has boldly gone where no other peanut butter has gone before with the first ever Vegan Salted Caramel spread and – drum roll… peanut butter filled pretzels –…
5 Upper Back Exercises That Will Help To Perfect Your Posture
We all have a certain order of operations we cycle through before we sit down to work in the morning. We pull the sheets up to make our beds, pull open the door to walk into the bathroom, and pull our chairs out from under our desks before we log onto our first Zoom meetings….
Seeking Care from a Menopause Specialist
Hot flashes, trouble sleeping, mood changes, irregular vaginal bleeding, and vaginal dryness are common symptoms of menopause, a time when women’s bodies no longer produce the hormone estrogen as they once did. While these symptoms don’t necessarily require medical treatment, they shouldn’t be ignored. “Menopause signals a time when you could be at higher risk…
Fowl Pox, All You Need To Know About This Avian Disease
Fowl pox Virtually no poultry farmer that has no experience with fowl pox at one time or the other. Fowl pox is a common poultry viral disease characterized by cutaneous lesions. Although there is a diphtheritic (wet) form of the disease in which lesions appear in the mouth and upper respiratory tract. This…
What makes MDD such a Crippling Mental Health Condition?
The Challenges in Dealing with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is characterized by intense sadness for a prolonged period of time. This condition, otherwise known as clinical depression, can impact multiple areas of your life, and impair sleep, appetite, and physical function.f MDD is common among people who suffer from mental health…
Fake the Effect of False Eyelashes With a Single Swipe of This Clean Mascara
As a beauty editor who basically tests mascara for a living, my criteria for what makes a product “good” is pretty extensive. It needs to lengthen and curl my lashes without clumping, give them an inky black tint, and stay on no matter how sweaty my face gets. It’s not an easy feat, and there…