Stop Mocking the Gym Majors

Are smartphones giving you popcorn brain?

Stop Mocking the Gym Majors
Social media may be trapping us in a cycle of loneliness, new study suggests
Stop Mocking the Gym Majors
Schools closed and went remote to fight COVID-19. The impacts linger 5 years later.
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    Are smartphones giving you popcorn brain?

    “It’s because the content on these platforms is so addictive, and every like, comment, and share triggers dopamine release in the brain. This constant stimulation trains the brain to crave instant rewards. Hence, the slower tasks feel dull, leading to popcorn brain.”

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    Social media may be trapping us in a cycle of loneliness, new study suggests

    “I think the major takeaway from our study should be that social media use is a poor substitute for person-to-person interaction. Our results suggest that no matter how one uses social media—actively or passively—such use leads to higher levels of loneliness." That’s what James A. Roberts, professor and researcher, Baylor University, told PsyPost.

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    Schools closed and went remote to fight COVID-19. The impacts linger 5 years later.

    “These are kids who spent most of their formative years – kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, when you’re supposed to be learning social skills – not learning them. They don’t have those social skills,” Wendy Gonzalez, an elementary school teacher in Richmond, CA. said that as a result of remote learning during the pandemic, many of her students didn’t “know how to talk to each other.”

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  • How to talk to kids about school shooting: controlling your fears, calming theirs

    As countries around the world mourn the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, Conn., parents are struggling to figure out how to talk to their children about what happened. Psychiatrist Dr. Gail Saltz says parents definitely need to talk to their children about the shooting, because "it's such a huge story, it's better that they hear

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  • How Christy Turlington Is Using Her Star Power To Help Mothers Around The World

    Former supermodel Christy Turlington Burns is helping to bring aid and awareness to the hundreds of thousands of preventable pregnancy-related deaths around the world. In 2003, Turlington Burns experienced life-threatening post-partum hemorrhaging. She recovered, but the experience got her thinking, “What would have happened to a less fortunate woman?” What she discovered changed her life:

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  • The Boy on the Lake

    At only 13, Trevor Schaefer was diagnosed with brain cancer. Not only did Trevor end up beating the cancer — he found a calling. Now 22, Schaefer is an inspiring advocate for children with cancer, and the driving force behind "Trevor's Law," an important bill that would give government more authority to hold companies responsible

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  • How Do We Design an Education to Employment System That Works?

    According to a recent report from the McKinsey Center for Global Governance, 43 percent of employers say there aren't enough applicants with the knowledge and skills they need. At the same time, 75 million young people are unemployed. So, how do we solve this mismatch between workers' knowledge and skills, and employers' needs? To find the

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  • ‘Still Out of Work?’ How to Handle Holiday Small Talk

    For the long-term unemployed, holiday gatherings can be uncomfortable. When people who have been jobless for years encounter acquaintances they only see during the holidays, how can they handle awkward conversations about work or job prospects? Even for those who have jobs, holiday parties can be a conversational minefield. Job coaches suggest carefully framing questions to

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  • Is everything we know about cholesterol wrong?

    Dr. Oz sits down with doctors Stephen Sinatra and Jonny Bowden to discuss their controversial stance on cholesterol. They don't believe high cholesterol causes heart disease. Instead, they believe inflammation and sugar play large roles in the development of heart disease. Dr. Sinatra and his co-author offer advice on maintaining cardiovascular health, as they explain all

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  • Hospitals: The cost of admission

    Doctors have been saying that the hospital chain they worked for (Hotel Management Associates) pressured them to admit patients and fill beds with people who did not actually need to be admitted, simply to make money. Cliff Cloonan, who worked at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania as the assistant emergency room director, warns, "If

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  • Tailored Parenting Advice in the Comfort of Home

    Many websites are now offering online parenting classes run by counselors, psychologists and professors. These classes give parents a more personalized way of learning than what they would find from simply reading a book. The Wall Street Journal, 11/13/2012

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  • Breath Test May Detect Colon Cancer

    In a new study from Italy, researchers were able to identify patients with colorectal cancer with an accuracy of over 75% by analyzing samples of their breath. So a breath test, similar to the one used to determine when a driver has had too much to drink, is now showing promise as a screening tool

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  • How to Deal When Your Adult Children Have Setbacks

    Playing the role of parent changes considerably when the kids grow up and begin to really live lives of their own, but it doesn’t mean your motherly or fatherly responsibilities are gone.  Mom Susan Engel talks about her struggle and how she dealt with her son's pain as she watched him endure setbacks. Learn the ways

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  • Pesticides in tap water, produce linked to food allergies

    According to a new study, pesticides in produce and drinking water may be playing a role in the increasing prevalence of food allergies. ABC News Channel 5, 12/5/2012

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  • Sleepy Drivers Can Dose Unknowingly

    Driving while tired is the second highest cause of car accidents after drinking while driving. But it's not just driving that is affected by lack of sleep. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that workplace accidents from sleep deprivation cost $31 billion of damage every year. Chronic lack of sleep fogs

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  • How the smartphone boom could damage your health and the environment

    Much research points to microwave pollution from smartphones and tablets as a serious threat to our health. There are countless examples of families experiencing insomnia, headaches and heart arrhythmia in neighborhoods undergoing increased microwave activity- a similar pattern to the sickness from ‘low’ levels of radiation that was well-known in the 1960s. The Ecologist, 12/3/2012

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  • Secret Santa saves Christmas for Sandy victims

    An anonymous Missouri man has been going around handing out $100 bills to those hit hardest by superstorm Sandy. In fact, this wealthy businessman does this sort of thing every December, going to the cities and towns in America that he thinks need him most, hoping to lift the spirits of those in need right on time

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  • CSR, Profits Closely Linked

    While a company’s reputation is the primary reason for adopting a corporate social responsibility program, there is still a close link between profits and CSR, according to new research by corporate and investor relations firm Adam Friedman Associates. Environmental Leader, 11/29/2012

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