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How to prepare for your meeting with a therapist
Going to therapy for the first time can be intimidating. It can be hard to seek help — and awkward to imagine opening up to a complete stranger. The process of finding an available therapist alone can be discouraging, especially as the demand for mental health services has been outpacing supply. But therapy can be extremely helpful for many people, and for many reasons. The Inquirer talked to three area mental health providers about how people can best prepare for a first mental health appointment. Do I need a reason to have therapy?There is no right or wrong reason to go to therapy. Some peop...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Commentary: Kansans’ abortion decision upholds true will of the people, regardless of Supreme Court ruling
My sister lives in Connecticut and is a devout Catholic. When Roe v. Wade was overturned, we had a very heated discussion about the topic. I argued that more than 60% of the U.S. population was in favor of keeping Roe. She countered that all those polls were wrong. If you really were to ask everyone in the country, most people would prefer to banish abortion. “It depends on who you ask,” my sister argued. “Most people are against abortion. Besides, if I’m forced to live in a blue state where abortion is legal, people in red states should be forced to live without abortions. They can easily mov...
Chicago Tribune
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CDC eases COVID-19 guidance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention streamlined its guidance Thursday for keeping COVID-19 in check, de-emphasizing social distancing, nixing screening tests for those without symptoms and not recommending people who aren’t current on vaccines quarantine for after being exposed to the virus. The CDC had previously urged those who haven’t been vaccinated or had a booster shot if eligible to “stay home and quarantine for at least five full days,” while those current on the vaccine or who had recovered from COVID-19 in the past 90 days did not have to stay home unless they had symptoms...
The Mercury News
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Anne Heche ‘not expected to survive’ after car crash: report
Anne Heche is “not expected to survive” after suffering massive injuries in a car crash last week, a published report said. The actress suffered a severe brain injury, a rep for her told People. Heche remains in a coma, the rep said, and is unlikely to come out of it. “It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she’s being kept on life support to determine if any are viable,” the statement said. Heche reportedly had cocaine in her system when she slammed her car into a Los Angeles home Aug 5. Authorities drew blood from the 53-year-old actress after the life-threatening crash on Aug....
New York Daily News
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Crystal Kung Minkoff Says She's Been 'In Therapy Since I Was 11' For Eating Disorder: 'I Don't Feel Shame'
Crystal Kung Minkoff is opening up about her eating disorder. Though the 39-year-old has been dealing with bulimia, she hasn't been comfortable talking about it until now. "I was never going to deep dive into it," she said. "I ended up being okay talking about it on camera, but it was intense." Kung Minkoff noted that even though her life is played out on TV, eating disorders aren't always evident. "It's hard to understand an eating disorder if you don't have one," she said. "It's complicated and nuanced and everybody's experience is different across the board." The mother-of-two added that sh...
Morning Honey
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Marijuana will be on the ballot in Missouri in November. Will it affect the US Senate race?
WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Trudy Busch Valentine came out in support of a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri, as her Republican counterpart declined to take a stand on the issue. The ballot initiative, which comes four years after the state legalized medicinal use of the drug, injects a new policy issue into the campaign for U.S. Senate as Busch Valentine faces Missouri Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt in the race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Roy Blunt. “This November, I will be voting yes to legalize the adult use of recreational m...
The Kansas City Star
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I’m a ‘COVID virgin.’ Does that make me a sitting duck?
Now that most Americans have been infected with COVID — more than 70%, according to a recent estimate from the White House — the rest of us are the outliers. There’s been lots of speculation about what makes us different. Is it genetics, diet, exercise, good air quality or, as one South Korean doctor implied, are we just friendless losers who spend all of our time home alone? (He later retracted that.) Researchers want to study us, especially if we’ve been in high-risk situations and still managed to stay COVID-free. There’s been lots of news coverage about our shrinking pool — and not all of ...
The Sacramento Bee
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What is metastatic breast cancer, the type Olivia Newton-John had?
The death of Australian superstar Olivia Newton-John has drawn attention to an often misunderstood stage of breast cancer — metastatic breast cancer. Newton-John was first diagnosed with breast cancer in the 1990s and spent 25 years in remission. When the cancer returned in 2017, this time in her spine, she fostered greater public awareness of the disease’s stages as she began canceling tour dates. While it is uncommon for cancer to return after more than two decades in remission, it’s possible, which is why it is important for women and anyone who has had cancer before to keep up with routine...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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More than two years into the pandemic, hospital care still may not save you from dying of COVID-19
PHILADELPHIA — By the fall of 2020, the pandemic’s first year, doctors treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients said they were starting to get the regimen down to a science. They learned when to put patients on ventilators, administer steroids, and deploy an expanding array of newer drugs. Yet the latest data from Pennsylvania and the U.S. show that as late as December 2021, one in seven people in the hospital with COVID were still dying — a rate not much better than at the start. Experts say that comparing in-hospital death rates from then and now is not necessarily appropriate, in part becaus...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Yankees' Matt Carpenter doesn’t need surgery on broken foot, could be back in 6-8 weeks
SEATTLE — There was some “good” news on Wednesday, even after the Yankees lost their second straight game and the series to the Mariners. Matt Carpenter, who fractured his left foot on Monday night, saw the specialist for the NFL’s Seahawks before the game and learned he does not need surgery. “I’ll be back this season,” Carpenter said. “Very encouraged that we avoided surgery and got a clean break that just needs to heal,” Carpenter said. “And we’ll see. See how long it takes to heal.” Yankees manager Aaron Boone mentioned a time frame of 6 to 8 weeks with another imaging of the foot schedule...
New York Daily News
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