Psychology

Why People Will Sacrifice Personal Enjoyment For Community

If you have traveled, you have seen someone who is a frequent traveler be offered an upgrade but decline because they are with someone else and want to stay together. This is rare in other species.  Yet not all experiences get equal treatment- if a parent ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2023 - 9:57am

Pesticides, Vaccines, Why People Believe In Conspiracy Theories

If you believed Monsanto controlled 500,000 biologists who accepted GMOs and weedkillers worldwide while Whole Foods, with more revenue, was standing alone selling organic food that made you healthier, you are a conspiracy theorist.  You're not alone, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 26 2023 - 9:18am

AI-nxiety And How You Can Cope

Even tech experts have been astonished by the recent, rapid growth of AI technology, able to hold human-like conversations in multiple languages, create music and pass medical exams. While the potential benefits of AI in fields such as healthcare are inde ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 26 2023 - 3:41pm

Drug Overdoses, Falls, Car Accidents Lead In US Deaths Since 1999

Epidemiologists looked at data from from 1999 to 2020 and noted that death rates due to poisonings, firearms, and all other injuries increased substantially in the U.S., many of them due to suicide attempts. The demography analysis of 3,813,894 deaths coll ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2023 - 10:34am

In Defense Of Dating Apps- They're Used For Affirmation, And That's A Good Thing

A survey of over one thousand Tinder users found that were not interested in meeting anyone, and nearly two-thirds were already married or "in a relationship." Instead of being used to find dates, people instead it has a similar appeal as social ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2023 - 4:28pm

7 Habits To Avoid Regaining Lost Weight

Losing weight is challenging. But as anyone who has ever successfully lost weight knows, it’s avoiding weight re-gain that’s the real challenge. This is true no matter what method you follow to lose weight. For example, studies show that people who follow ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 26 2023 - 3:30pm

Truth Sandwich: Strategies For Refuting Science Myths And Fake News Tested

Prior to 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic, American Democrats led the anti-vaccine movement. They couched it in anti-corporate terminology and that let politically allied academics and journalists turn a blind eye to the harm their thinking caused. In 2015, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 2 2023 - 10:27am

Fentanyl Addicts Rarely Take Prescription Medication To Combat It

Most opioid addicts are recreational users, not those who started on prescription pain medication and continued to have pain and migrated to illegal routes when doctors behaved ethically and shut them off. It just makes people feel good. It is no surprise ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 7 2023 - 10:59am

'Urine' Group HHRA- 7 People, No Revenue, But Claims They Are Above Scrutiny

In the past, you may have seen various 'we detected X in urine' papers endorsed by suspect names like homeopathy believer Phil Landrigan and endorsed by organic industry apologist Chuck Benbrook. What do such claims even mean? In science, nothing ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 11 2023 - 11:49am

The COVID-19 Pandemic Led To 25% More Mental Health Spending On Youths

Spending on mental health for teens and younger rose by 26 percent from March 2020 to August 2022- but it may be even higher because the analysis only saw families with employer-provided insurance from one group, Castlight Health, which managers employer-s ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2023 - 3:35pm