Water Just One of Many Factors
“In terms of research design, the strongest conclusion that can be drawn from this sort of study is that hydration and happiness are associated,” says Barbara L. Frederickson, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The survey suggests a correlation, she says, but it s highly likely that another factor, such as conscientiousness, has a greater effect on both hydration and happiness.
The second thing to consider is the source of the study, says Evan Parks, a clinical psychologist at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Michigan. “This study was conducted by a company that has a vested interest in showing a relationship between good hydration with home-produced ice and the product they are selling (refrigerators),” says Parks.
5:19 pm UTC Dec. 24, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has irrevocably changed life in Michigan killing thousands, disrupting everyone s lives, and harming or destroying businesses, big and small.
It began on March 10 when Michigan s first two coronavirus cases were confirmed. Within days, schools would close, office workers and others would begin transitioning to working from home, and on March 16, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer orders bars, restaurants, theaters, and casinos to close and restricts gatherings to less than 50 people forcing thousands into unemployment and businesses scrambling to stay afloat.
And in another week, as people began dying from the virus, the governor issued the stay-at-home order banning all public and private gatherings of any size outside of a family home.
Doctor recounts 3-month battle with COVID-19 as he heads home for Christmas
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
GRAND RAPIDS, MI A doctor who had been on the frontlines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic since March, was himself fighting for his own life the past three months.
In late September, 47-year-old Mercy Health’s Dr. Channing Finkbeiner quarantined himself at home with COVID-19 symptoms until Oct. 9, when was admitted to Mercy Health St. Mary’s campus. There, he was in the intensive care unit for 47 days.
During that time, he spent 37 days on a ventilator fighting for his life. After the fifth day on the ventilator, things got so bad that palliative care was called so his family could visit with him one last time.
First round of staff at Mary Free Bed gets Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine
Posted at 6:34 AM, Dec 24, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-24 06:36:14-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Some physicians, nurses, and therapists were among the first at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday.
The hospital received its shipment early Wednesday morning and started administering them in the afternoon.
Rehabilitation physician Richard Ball, M.D., was the first person immunized. The remaining doses in this first shipment will be given to frontline caregivers next week. There s really no reason not to get it, Ball said.
Nakiah Mayfield was the first nurse to administer the vaccine.
Dec 24, 2020
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital is vaccinating staff with the first doses of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine.
Rehabilitation physician and medical director of the residency program Richard Ball was the first to receive the vaccine at the hospital on Wednesday.
The hospital will continue vaccinations next week.
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