Consider ADHD starting at age four: doctor group

Are smartphones giving you popcorn brain?

Consider ADHD starting at age four: doctor group
Social media may be trapping us in a cycle of loneliness, new study suggests
Consider ADHD starting at age four: doctor group
Schools closed and went remote to fight COVID-19. The impacts linger 5 years later.
  • Consider ADHD starting at age four: doctor group

    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.”

  • Consider ADHD starting at age four: doctor group

    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.

  • Consider ADHD starting at age four: doctor group

    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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  • Check the Temperature in Your Fridge and Freezer

    It’s important to make sure that you have the temperature set optimally on your appliances so that you can reduce the amount of electricity that you use. The EPA recommends that you keep your refrigerator at 37 degrees and your freezers at 3 degrees, because anything more is a waste of energy and unnecessary. The

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  • Design for America’s Students Want to Change the World

    Through Design for America, college students apply their skills to real-world problems.  Design for America, a grassroots initiative started in 2009 at Northwestern University, encourages problem-solving design students to apply their skills to real-world issues.  Their can-do approach is catching on, as seven more universities plan to launch their own DFA studios this fall. The Cornell

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  • The do’s and don’ts of online condolences

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  • Teen Hero Gives Thousands of Books to Kids in Need

    From California to Missouri, Megan Mettler has travelled the country donating and delivering. TakePart.com, 10/11/2011

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  • Kid Rock Launches Charity Tour To Help Cities In Need

    Singer Kid Rock is showing support for cities in need by assembling a team of Detroit titans to show that Detroit, while experiencing its own financial difficulties, still has the power to unite and help others around the country. Kid Rock will donate money at each stop of the tour to local charities, causes and

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  • A Drive-In Movie Theater for Bikes? It’s Here

    U.K.-based non-profit education group Magnificent Revolution has introduced bike-powered movie theaters, where the electricity for the screenings is produced by the bicycling audience. Says a representative, "Audiences also learn about energy consumption along the way using a unique display system that shows how much power they are producing." Just ride to the screening on your two-wheeler,

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  • It’s Mine! Overriding the Selfish Gene

    Toddlers as young as 3 can be generous, while others are inclined to hog. Here are some techniques for teaching toddlers empathy and generosity. The Wall Street Journal, 10/11/2011

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    In this commentary and follow-up to yesterday's Wall Street Journal piece written by Amy Hoak on “How to Make a Lowball Offer," Jenny Pesillo offers some helpful tips to home buyers as she ponders what exactly is considered a lowball offer.   San Francisco Chronicle blog, 10/10/2011

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    Digital artists take note: your design for the HeadsUP! Times Square Visualization Challenge could be displayed on Broadway on March 12, 2012- World Water Day- as an animated, data-driven indicator that will alert the public to America’s deteriorating groundwater supply. The winning spot will run for one month across 19,000 square feet of prime Time

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  • Prostate Test Finding Leaves a Swirl of Confusion

    The controversy over the PSA test has left men in a quandary– Do you have the test? Just how reliable is it? When is watchful waiting warranted? How accurate are biopsies? This week, the United States Preventive Services Task Force is expected to announce its recommendation against routine testing for blood levels of prostate-specific antigen, the

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