Meg Kissinger walked into a Milwaukee laundromat in 2006 that was across from a group home for those suffering from mental illness. Inside, Kissinger noticed a woman with an intense stare and jagged teeth. Kissinger — a journalist focusing on housing limitations for those with mental illness — began talking with her. Not only was […]
Some 200,000 to 600,000 people actively live with younger-onset Alzheimer’s — a category of Alzheimer’s disease reserved for those affected under the age of 65. A “sizeable niche” of the larger Alzheimer’s community, yet one that is devastatingly overlooked and under-represented, said Tessa Garcia McEwen, AM, LCSW from The Memory Center at UChicago Medicine during […]
A year after Christine Porath, Ph.D. pitched a book about the power building connections with other people has to cure loneliness and isolation, an unexpected plot-twist occurred: the pandemic hit and people were forced to isolate and became lonely. Porath included. She wrote a majority of that book, “Mastering Community: The Surprising Ways Coming Together […]
Just a few months ago, the world of psychological science lost a research pioneer, our esteemed colleague Dr. Roger Weissberg. Sadly, we are not alone in mourning a cherished friend, colleague, or family member as we observe the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many Americans feel more pressure to prepare for health changes, including […]
On the evening of Monday, May 2, Politico released a now-confirmed leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court, stating that they have voted to overturn Roe v. Wade — the landmark decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. The leak is an unprecedented action, one that has left the often covert Supreme Court […]
When Gillian Stoettner was asked to chair The Woman’s Board of Rush University Medical Center’s 27th Annual Spring Luncheon on May 9, she knew she had to make it fun. “We haven’t been able to have this luncheon in person for two years,” explains Stoettner. “When I thought about what this event should be, happy […]
The CDC estimates nearly 1 in 5 children and adolescents is obese. This excess weight can cause strain on their cardiovascular systems. Just as adults set out each year with resolutions to eat healthy and move more, we should think as well of the youngest among us, about what they eat, how much they move, what forces […]
Networking and interviewing for that first job out of college can be tough on any recent graduate. Add Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to the mix and it becomes more challenging. Difficulty understanding social cues and the question of whether or not to disclose you have ASD, and require simple accommodations, make landing that dream job […]
It took six seconds recently for me to figure out the day was Tuesday, and the time was 10:00 am. Six seconds to shake that feeling of terror that the air raid siren I was hearing while I was out on a walk in my Chicago area neighborhood, was really the weekly local emergency test. […]
Lyme and tick-borne diseases are serious issues in Marin. Almost anyone you talk to knows someone with Lyme. Infected ticks are active in many of Marin’s open spaces and recent CDC estimates suggest that up to 500,000 people get Lyme disease annually in the US. And in up to 30% of cases, even after treatment […]
