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Our country is in the midst of a fifteen year "epidemic" of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). There are six potential causes for the skyrocketting rates of ADD- but only five have been real contributors. The most obvious explanation is by far the least likely - that the prevalence of attention deficit problems in the general population has actually increased in the last 15 years. Read More

South African student parachutist Lareece Butler was on a training jump on Monday when, according to the UK Telegraph, her chute got tangled and she plummeted to earth at high speed. She wound up with a concussion, a broken leg, and a busted pelvis. Doctors called her survival "a miracle." That's bad enough, but in the aftermath the woman's aunt told the paper that Butler hadn't jumped out of the plane at all. She'd been pushed. Read More

In less than 10 years, the number of people over 50 that are living together has just about doubled to more than two million . As I mentioned in my previous blogs, for older singles that have already had children or been through a divorce, moving in together is often their final goal. They are interested in companionship and not in building a whole new family life. Is sharing digs a good move for these singles? Will it help or hurt the development of a deeper dedication and caring in the couple? Read More

Most of us are familar with individuals and couples diagnosed with a medical condition that prevents them from becoming birthparents. However, also included among the faces of infertility are same sex couples (see my most recent blog) and single women hoping to become parents, the topic of today's blog. Read More

Depression has certainly been in the popular press of late. You may or may not agree with the idea summarized in the NY Times Magazine that low mood states are adaptations that help with social problem solving. Read More

Some thoughts on Jonah Lehrer's article from The New York Times Magazine, February 25, 2010. Read More

I love having dinner with friends. Good conversation, sharing good times and bad, laughing, and sometimes even a tear or two. However, there is also one regret about such evenings. I don't know what I ate! We may have labored over the stove to prepare dinner, or paid good money at a restaurant, but so absorbing is the conversation that it just doesn't get much attention. Read More

Thanks to communications technologies, this is a whole new world--a networked one. Information is no longer a scarce resource, but critical thinking and a broader understanding of how people relate and behave are in short supply. According to psychologist Todd Kashdan, a solution is psychologists in the White House. Read More

The best quick remedy for hiccups is one I learned from my sister-in-law, Wendy, years ago. It has been effective in eliminating the hiccups, without fail, for me and everyone I have introduced it to. The procedure sounds a little tricky, but is actually quite simple. Here is what you do: Read More