It’s The Dalai Lama and Desoms Tutu. It’s wonderful.
JAMA
In this population-based, cross-sectional study using the all-capture Medicaid prescription data for 2011 to 2016, medical marijuana laws and adult-use marijuana laws were associated with lower opioid prescribing rates (5.88% and 6.38% lower, respectively).
Medical marijuana appears to have put a dent in the opioid abuse epidemic, according to two studies published Monday.
The research suggests that some people turn to marijuana as a way to treat their pain, and by so doing, avoid more dangerous addictive drugs. The findings are the latest to lend support to the idea that some people are willing to substitute marijuana for opioids and other prescription drugs.
Many people end up abusing opioid drugs such as oxycodone and heroin after starting off with a legitimate prescription for pain. The authors argue that people who avoid that first prescription are less likely to end up as part of the opioid epidemic.
Felice Jacka PhD is a trailblazing researcher at Deakin University in Australia who is calling the world’s attention to the powerful impact of food on mood. On January 30, 2017, the journal BMC Medicine published her new randomized controlled study called The SMILES Trial. This groundbreaking research demonstrates for the first time that people with moderate to severe depression can improve their mood by eating a healthier diet.
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I try to read all or parts of this book every year. March seemed like a good time to spend some “quality time” with one of my favorite books. –See what I did there 😉
I love Michale Lewis’ writing. I think I have read every book of his but Money Ball — I did see that movie though. In The Undoing Project, he tells the story of two amazing psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. Consider them the Lennon and McCartney of behavioral economics or “thinking about thinking,” and that’s the problem. Like John and Paul, Amous and Danny blaze amazing trails, become super successful, and then have a falling out. They are never as creatively powerful apart as they are together. Of course they reunite, but of course, it’s too late.
This is a perfectly enjoyable and enriching book. One of her first insights is to just let herself be herself. It’s a principal she calls “just be Gretchen.” Don’t try to be this idealized version who you think you should be. Don’t try to force yourself to like Jazz or Opera because your “sophisticated” just like what you like and be who you are authentically. I kept thinking Brene’ Brown should really read this book!
Digital nomadism continues its steady rise in most western countries. It consists of a mobile lifestyle that encompasses corporate remote workers, freelancers and entrepreneurs. Laptops, smartphones, wi-fi connections, coworking spaces, coffee shops and public libraries are some of the key components of this new work culture.
Brene Brown, like all of us, really struggles with being her authentic self. This book, which is part memoir and part research, offers some valuable insights about braving the wilderness of authenticity. Remember how George Bailey gets shown what the world would be like if he’d never been born in It’s A Wonderful Life. Braving The Wilderness kind of let me see a little more of what the world would be like if I wasn’t a white privileged guy totally OK with dancing to the beat of drums only I may hear.
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