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My New Orleans
02/19/2021
Sleep is eluding a lot of people. Even this writer, who has historically clocked 8 to 9 hours a night. Lately, I’m eking out about 6 or 7 on a good night, and I’m not alone. The Lancet reports an “increased prevalence of sleep disorders in 2020 … highlighted in several other publications from different countries,” due to the stress, anxiety and PTSD associated with long-term isolation and financial distress, fear of getting the virus and actually getting the virus, among other causes. (There are of course some people are sleeping more, due to depression related to all of the above or triggered by it, for those who have struggled with depression in the past. Ugh, we can’t win.) Sleep is always essential, but even more so now, when we are under so much stress and need to do things to boost, not decrease our health and wellness. In a September 2020 report by the Cleveland Clinic, sleep psychologist Michelle Drerup, PsyD, DBSM, says “When s
My New Orleans
01/08/2021
For years, my “things to try” list has included attending a yoga and meditation retreat. Countless times I’ve found myself perusing the retreat schedule at Flowering Lotus Meditation Center in Magnolia, Mississippi, ultimately unable to make it work with my vacation time or off days. Then of course the pandemic hit, eliminating my chance to participate in an in-person retreat for the foreseeable future. Dashed were the visions of dharma talks and vegan temple food that were dancing in my head. (For the record, I’m not vegan, but I do love many vegan dishes and work them into my weekly menus as home.) Determined to begin 2021 on a healthy note, I was inspired to create an at-home retreat to take place on Jan. 1 complete with, if not vegan, at least vegetarian, meals. My husband Mark was game to join me, so we agreed on a half-day (he isn’t as into yoga and meditation as me) and included some time spent in nature to cap it off. Below is a sam
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There are many cases in which conventional medicine works just fine. The doctor says take these, do this, don t do that, and you ll feel better.
But it doesn t work for all of the people all of the time, and that s what sends people in search of less-conventional treatments. Freelance journalist Melanie Warner explored the cases of people who felt better despite evidence that little had changed for them physically.
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collins becomes the first male pro athlete still playing one of the big four sports to come out and say he s gay. we assess what his announcement means for sexual stereotypes on and off the court. ifill: ray suarez reports on tod s gathering of holocaust survivors and the veterans who helped save them, to mark the 20th anniversary of the u.s. holocaust memorial museum. woodruff: our daily download looks at the bogus tweet last week that sent the financial markets into a minutes-long nosedive. ifill: and hari sreenivasan explores pandora s lunchbox with the author of a new book on processed foods. technology has merged with food production in a way that few of us, i think realize, but i the way our bodies procession fo, it s stuck somewhere in the stoneage. ifill: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: more than two years ago, the people of b.p. made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, we ve