The False Memory Syndrome at 30: How Flawed Science Turned into Conventional Wisdom Â
In early December of 1990, the young academic was feeling confused. Though she had recently been granted tenure and was a happily married mother of two, she was weighed down by a surprising surge in anxiety. To get some relief from her distress, she decided to enter psychotherapy.
When she mentioned in an early session how much she was dreading the prospect of seeing her parents during the upcoming Christmas vacation, her therapist asked if she had ever been abused. âI said, âNo,â but later that day, I began experiencing disturbing flashbacks. Over the next few weeks, I remembered that my father had molested me when I was a young child,â said Jennifer Freyd, a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, in a phone interview. âWhen my parents arrived for their visit, I couldnât handle being with them, and my husband blurted out the reason. They ended up lea
Digital check-ins, connected inhalers help control asthma
Daily check-ins help asthma patients track medication adherence and improve inhaler technique. (EMOCHA HEALTH)
A core challenge for asthma management is teaching patients how to properly use an inhaler. Asthma patients, many of them children, could avoid emergency department visits or using a rescue inhaler, if only they followed proper inhaler technique.
To take on that problem, LifeBridge Health in early 2020 enrolled 24 children at a Baltimore primary-care clinic in a two-month pilot program that uses asynchronous telehealth.
It’s an example of the growing arsenal of digital health tools physicians are using to tackle medication adherence a particular challenge for asthma patients.
Caption: The Mayor s Office of the City of Rochester, New York a State and Local Innovation Competition selected partner is working with J-PAL North America and researchers from Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities to evaluate the city’s Bridges to Success program.
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J-PAL North America, a research center in the MIT Department of Economics, has announced the latest round of its State and Local Innovation Initiative s Innovation Competition, which supports state and local governments in using rigorous evaluation to answer critical questions about what works in reducing poverty.
For the past year, state and local governments across the United States have faced tremendous challenges, including a pandemic that has resulted in incalculable losses for millions of Americans, unprecedented natural disasters brought on by climate change, and ongoing displays of police violence and systemic racism.
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Dutch Professor Paul J Crutzen, left, receiving the Nobel Prize for chemistry from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1995
Dutch scientist Paul J Crutzen, who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for his work understanding the ozone hole and is credited with coining the term Anthropocene to describe the geological era shaped by mankind, has died.
The Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, where Mr Crutzen was the director of atmospheric chemistry from 1980 until his retirement in 2000, confirmed that he died on Thursday at the age of 87.
“Paul Crutzen was a pioneer in many ways,” Martin Stratmann, the president of the Max Planck Society, said in a statement.
Ohio schools get some relief from cuts: Capitol Letter
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
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Director’s cut: Gov. Mike DeWine is restoring some of the state education money that he previously said would be cut, Andrew Tobias reports. Last year, DeWine cut about $776 million from the state’s general operating budget for 2020, including $300 million in cuts to K-12 school funding and $110 million in cuts to higher education funding. But under the new order, DeWine is restoring $160 million in funding to schools this year, and $100 million to higher education. The DeWine administration is working on finalizing its budget proposal and plans to unveil it on Feb. 1.