Loneliness has always been a “secret” problem. Most people think about loneliness occuring in people’s personal lives. However, loneliness occurs in tne workplace as well. And, it can be quite demoralizing and detrimental. If you spend eight hours in an office during which time you can’t have a […]
There is a new phenomenon on TikTok regarding dirty sida. Yes, “dirty” soda- a supposed nightmare for dentists. But is it really? Don’t dentists make more money as our cavity count grows? Semi-rhetorical question there. You may be asking, what is a dirty soda. Well, it is soda […]
I watched a newscaster ask a journalist, “aren’t we at the point where we need to understand tbe psychology of it”? She was referring to the Covid pandemic. I just wanted to throw my paper in hand at the television but what good would that have done? Let […]
A week ago the world heard that the Brangelina coupling was uncoupling. Vogue magazine noted that their uncoupling signaled “the day love died.” Oh my, that’s heavy. Brangelina had been together for 12 years, with two of those years being ones in which they were married. Just goes […]
Everyone has a year-end retrospective. Let’s join that bandwagon. Here is a retrospective on some of the events and studies that highlighted the psychological, scientific and health context of the times. Some events went viral (Item number 1); some studies went relatively unnoticed (as most research articles do). […]
Let me just state I have already had three venti-sized skinny vanilla lattes and it is only 11:30am. This morning has been one of those physically rough ones. Woke up early, ahead of my two-day long meeting, to work out. I had even put on my life is […]
Because I work in the public health field, I spend a lot of time in Atlanta due to the fact that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is located there. I go for funders meetings; summits, consultations where I am ostensibly the expert and for national […]
Cuba is a land of contrasts. A totalitarian regime ruling over a friendly, open people. Extreme poverty by American standards, coupled with effective public health efforts. An educated public that often cannot put its education to use. Cuba: A mix of low technology such as cars from the […]
I had the great fortune to visit Cuba as a US delegate of the American Public Health Association (APHA). I was struck by the beauty of the island, the warmth of the people and by the high sense of pride and adoration of heroes. Everywhere one turned you […]
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