Settling the Brain

Stimulating the brain in creativity and problem-solving is good for intellectual well-being, however balancing creative endeavors to prevent rehearsal loops and other mental processes from a quality sleep.

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Maslow and the Blackfoot People

Abraham Maslow’s concept of self-actualization and his well-known hierarchy of needs is often linked to his interactions with the Blackfoot tribe in the early 1930s.

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The Shifting Nature of the Drug Overdose Problem

The modern U.S. drug overdose problem traces its roots to the 1990s, when Purdue Pharma, led by the Sackler family, aggressively marketed OxyContin, a powerful prescription opioid.

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Rural Health and the Politics of Religion

In politics, few tactics are as enduring—or as effective—as cloaking self-interest in moral language. This is Machiavellianism at its most refined: appeal to virtue, then legislate harm.

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