Chloe Mead and Andy Maskin tended to their 7-year-old son, Henry, who requires 24-hour medical care.Credit…Brittainy Newman for The New York Times To Keep Their Son Alive, They Sleep in Shifts. And Hope a Nurse Shows Up. A nursing shortage — driven by the pandemic — has made life miserable for parents with profoundly disabled… Read More »
Higher levels of the stomach-derived hormone ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, predict a greater preference for smaller immediate monetary rewards over larger delayed financial rewards, a new study finds. The study results will be presented at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting. This research presents novel evidence in humans that ghrelin, the so-called “hunger hormone,”… Read More »
Bring on Twilight. Lee Child’s Jack Reacher? Yes, please. More of James Patterson’s Alex Cross while we’re at it. And let’s finish off with revisiting the million-plus words of the Harry Potter saga. No one will confuse the above book series with high literature. But a new study published in the journal Reading and Writing… Read More »
When mom or dad is more internally focused depression themselves than externally focused on their children, the best response is effort towards progress rather than an emotional apology. Thank you for caring about me enough that what happens in my life impacts you. This is a point where it is how for many people to… Read More »