Kaiser Health News reporter Jay Hancock wrote a personal account of his battle to get a good night’s sleep. It all began with a desire for answers: I had been feeling drowsy during the day, and my wife told me I snored. Both can mean obstructive sleep apnea. With obstructive sleep apnea, the mouth and…
Author: Devon Herrick
Right to Treat: Big Brother wants to Control Care and Treatment Information
Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation to allow the California state medical board to discipline doctors who its believes are spreading coronavirus misinformation during direct patient care. Penalties include the possibility of losing or suspending physicians’ medical licenses.
The bill, AB2098, states that any licensed physician or surgeon is committing “unprofessional conduct” if they disseminate “misinformation or disinformation” about the nature and risks of the virus, the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, and the development, safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
Is “Christmas Creep” Making You Anxious and Stressing You Out?
There is a new source of stress for Americans and it’s called “Christmas Creep.” It’s enough to make you want to bring out the holiday cocktails. Back when I was a child the Christmas holiday season began the day after Thanksgiving. Indeed, in 1939 Thanksgiving was set to take place on November 30 and that left just 25 days until Christmas. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt decreed Thanksgiving would take place one week early in an attempt to extend the Christmas season. People derisively called it Franksgiving.
Mass hysteria: 90% of Americans Believe US is Suffering a Mental Health Crisis
According to a new survey from CNN and the Kaiser Family Foundation an overwhelming majority of Americans believe the United States is suffering through a mental health crisis.
Nine out of 10 adults said they believed that there’s a mental health crisis in the US today. Asked to rate the severity of six specific mental health concerns, Americans put the opioid epidemic near the top, with more than two-thirds of people identifying it as a crisis rather than merely a problem. More than half identified mental health issues among children and teenagers as a crisis, as well as severe mental illness in adults.
The broad concern is well-founded, rooted in both personal experience and national trends.