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Childhood shyness and the connection to mental illness

Dorothy L. Tengler Education

Although childhood shyness is commonplace, it concerns many parents, especially those who place great value on sociability. Some children become shy because of harsh life experiences, but most are born that way.

Why it helps to know yourself

Michael S. Haro, Ph.D. Business Management, Services & Risk Management

In the 1970s, a song entitled "To Know You Is to Love You" was released. The message is important because it references knowledge as power. Though the knowledge referenced in the song is superficial, it provides hope and direction, leading the listener to a better place. When encountering a serious situation or event, the powerlessness that is experienced comes from a lack of knowledge, or "not knowing."

CDC grants $20 million to combat opioid overdoses

Chelsea Adams Pharmaceutical

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has granted $20 million to 16 states in an effort combat the growing number of deaths due to prescription drug overdoses. The Prescription Drug Overdose: Prevention for States program is part of the Department of Health and Human Services' Opioid Initiative and builds upon the CDC's Prevention Boost and Core Violence and Injury Prevention programs, which went into effect in 2014.

Can’t make a decision? Here is what’s happening in your brain

Dorothy L. Tengler Mental Healthcare

For many, making a relatively simple decision ends up being a source of stress. The story is familiar to all of us: We are renovating and choosing paint colors. After agonizing over color charts and asking the opinion of everyone in our lives, we finally decide on one and give the painter the go-ahead. But even as he is throwing the color up on the wall, we wonder if we should have chosen a lighter or deeper shade.

Depressed teens may be headed for heart disease

Dorothy L. Tengler Mental Healthcare

Adolescence can be a difficult time for both young people and their parents. The normal and often-turbulent hormonal, physical and cognitive changes that occur during this stage of development sometimes make it difficult to recognize and diagnose underlying depression in children. Depression in adolescence may also lead to behavioral problems such as irritability or moodiness, fighting, defiance, skipping school, running away, drug use, and poor grades.

Study identifies key factors that influence Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied Healthcare

Using a large meta-analysis study of the literature related to Alzheimer's disease, scientists identified four medical treatments and four dietary habits that may contribute to a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease. The research, led by Jin-Tai Yu, M.D., Ph.D. of the Department of Neurology of University of California San Francisco, was reported in the Aug. 20 issue of Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Waves of change: Helping staff navigate the turbulent tides of healthcare

Christina Thielst Healthcare Administration

With an emphasis on reducing costs while improving quality and access, the transformation of the U.S. healthcare delivery system is creating additional pressure at the point of care — the encounters between clinicians and their patients. While change is due, it also requires balance and support for those who are caught at the crux as new models of care are being rolled out and payment models are still being developed and implemented.

Study: Your choice of sleep position may affect your brain

Dorothy L. Tengler Mental Healthcare

We all have our favorite sleeping positions — back, side, stomach — but a new study shows our sleeping position may have more benefits than just comfort. Researchers at Stony Brook University believe sleeping on one's side — the most common position in humans and many animals — may more effectively remove brain waste and help reduce the chances of developing neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

The art of compassion

Nadine A. Kassity-Krich Medical & Allied Healthcare

Starting out in the neonatal intensive care unit, the excitement for me was the adrenaline rush that came from caring for very sick patients, and figuring out what to do as quickly as possible to help "cure" the child. That still held true for my entire ICU career, but as time moved on, and I witnessed many sick patients and grieving families, it became clear to me that compassion was a consistent and integral part of my day.

Shadow boxing: A nontoxic resistance to eliminate

Michael S. Haro, Ph.D. Business Management, Services & Risk Management

When you encounter a challenge, do you find yourself angry and out of sorts? If so, you are "shadow boxing" with a condition over which you have little-to-no control. When shadow boxing, you are expending energy against an object that is not real or immediately present. Your blows are blasting air modules that offer no resistance. Initially, "nontoxic resistance" is harmless. But continuing to battle this nontoxic state over time with no management or resolve will wear you down.

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