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Author Archives: michelleclarke2015
El Pais: Lemurs without teeth and one-armed macaques: How disabled primates survive in the wild
https://776bef7f4e175e461151b81d62304b92.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html Select: España subscribeLOG IN Science Silicon ValleyYoutubeGoogleLatest News Primates Lemurs without teeth and one-armed macaques: How disabled primates survive in the wild A review of scientific studies confirms that caring for family members with deformities and injuries is a … Continue reading
UnHerd: Just learned that King Charles has knighted this exceptional academic as Sir Niall Ferguson. Well deserved to him and his family. This interview title Are we the Soviets now? The bureaucracy governing the U.S. now perhaps!!
A quotation from decades ago by C.S. Lewis but bureaucracy still stifles “I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of “Admin.” The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid “dens of crime” that Dickens loved to … Continue reading
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A Bench and a Grandmother’s Ear: Zimbabwe’s Novel Mental Health Therapy Spreads Overseas. Source: The Japan Times. A simple bench in a location, it could be the canal in Dublin, with an “Elder Orphan” with lots of compassion, empathy and experience. What an we in Ireland, learn from The Japan Times focusing on a common sense initiative in impoverished Zimbabwe.
Associated Press A Bench and a Grandmother’s Ear: Zimbabwe’s Novel Mental Health Therapy Spreads Overseas Post Share Post AP 11:17 JST, July 6, 2024 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After her son, the family’s shining light and only breadwinner, was arrested last … Continue reading
“Book Deserts”. Excellent informative talk about what we all know if we dig deep into our hearts. There are people, children who just don’t have access to books. Inequality is bred in this. These days since people record for television and YouTube from their homes, one thing we immediately see is their selection of books. Everyone should have access. Carnegie over 100 years ago started with libraries all over the world, including Ireland. For people with mental illness, a much hidden secret is the power of the book (Bibliotherapy). Let’s make them aware of this. There are so many options. 2nd Video : Have you heard of the 30 million word gap up the age of 3? Please share. Traumatic brain injury and amnesia – I learned to accept that the minute I read it is for the forgotten box but carry on what you gain over the decades is what they call “cognitive reserve”. The tortoise gets there is the moral because reading taps into your pre-accident memory and keeps you on course.
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‘Extraordinary’: Douglas Murray reacts to Joe Biden’s debate performance: Sky News Australia. Interview Douglas Murray … refreshing, not about lies and secrets. He talks of the taming of “DEI”
487,305 views 4 Jul 2024 Author Douglas Murray reacts to President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance against Donald Trump. Mr Murray addressed the “excuses” put forward by the Democrats to explain the President’s poor performance. “He was obviously not on … Continue reading
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MOCA: Everyone is talking about Mental Cognitive impairment. Why? We have two potential Presidents of U.S. hovering around the age of 80 and the people would feel reassured if the MOCA test was completed on them in a professional capacity. As you can see from this it is important. Article from Harvard Gazette “Most voters back cognitive exams for older politicians. What do they measure?”
HEALTH Testing fitness of aging brain Liz Mineo Harvard Staff Writer June 12, 2024 8 min read Most voters back cognitive exams for older politicians. What do they measure? Amid concerns about the mental fitness of the U.S. presidential candidates — … Continue reading
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The MIT Press Reader: Mind-Reading and Neuroplasticity: In Conversation With Neurologist Alvaro Pascual-Leone
Mind-Reading and Neuroplasticity: In Conversation With Neurologist Alvaro Pascual-Leone “The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.” By: Adolfo Plasencia On the wall opposite Alvaro Pascual-Leone’s birth house, on a street in … Continue reading
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Wired: The UK’s NHS Going Digital Would Be Equivalent to Hiring Thousands of New Doctors
By João Medeiros Science Jul 3, 2024 4:00 AM The UK’s NHS Going Digital Would Be Equivalent to Hiring Thousands of New Doctors More than 30 million Brits have the NHS app. This represents an opportunity to transform the health … Continue reading
The Guardian. France’s ‘hard left’ has been demonised – but its agenda is realistic, not radical (Julia Cagé and Thomas Piketty)
OpinionFrance France’s ‘hard left’ has been demonised – but its agenda is realistic, not radical Julia Cagé and Thomas Piketty The New Popular Front will improve ordinary people’s lives – and it’s an effective, economically sound alternative to the far … Continue reading