Emotional exhaustion and physical and cognitive fatigue are signs of burnout, often caused by prolonged exposure to stress. Burnout can cause negative health effects including poor sleep, depression, anxiety, and cardiovascular and immune disorders. The findings of a 9-year study of burnout in...
A girl wanders the countryside (of Ireland?) and sleeps in a tent at night. She comes across the isolated house of a middle-aged man. At first she sneaks into his house while he's gone to town in his boat. Eventually he discovers her and starts offering her food and shelter in exchange for work...
excessive thirst and frequent urination.? A middle-aged woman admitted to the unit this morning, complains of excessive thirst and frequent urination. She is diabetic with a blood sugar level of 350 ng/ml, what is an accurate interpretation of this data?
Research led by Lauren Cole, a public health graduate student, and Dr. Edward Peters, Associate Professor of Public Health and Director of the Epidemiology Program at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, reports that the incidence of head and neck cancer has risen at sites associated with...
Cancer rates in middle-aged men and women in Great Britain have gone up by nearly 20 per cent in a generation - an increase of 17,000 cases a year - according to new figures released today (Monday) by Cancer Research UK. And among women in their forties and fifties cancer rates have risen by...
My parents sent me to an atheist camp and they had lots of propaganda with Ned Flanders on it saying that the boys in the camp will end up like him when they hit their 40s if they convert to Christianity. Is that true?
Self-esteem rises steadily as people age but starts declining around the time of retirement, according to a longitudinal study of men and women ranging in age from 25 to 104. "Self-esteem is related to better health, less criminal behavior, lower levels of depression and, overall, greater...
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It's a long story why I have it, but it's a beautiful '88 Mustang (last of the big motors, they tell me), and I want to drive it.
HOWEVER, I was over 30 when I got my first driver's license, and I'm still a pretty timid driver. Live in the mountains (2-lane highways, twists & turns, etc.)...