Copacetic Health

Smack talking fitness chewing gum (FCM) and other unhealthy looksmaxxing trends.

References

Murthy, Vivek (2023). Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/23/surgeon-general-issues-new-advisory-about-effects-social-media-use-has-youth-mental-health.html

De Shields, And...

Dear Listeners,  

Please note the audible caution with brief description of content prior to play.  Part memoir, part history, the poem describes back-to-back April Fools' Days that were particularly cruel for one military family and community.  The tragedies that befell my neighbors and fellow classmates exemplified powerful lessons:

• Physicians are often lonely and suffer in silence 
• Military psychiatrists are vuln...

We appreciate the consideration for our recent deviation, with concern about caregivers no matter the age.   If resolutions are slower than molasses in January, we are keeping it copacetic.  No negative body image or post-holiday fitness lectures here, just to be clear.

US Department of Health and Human Services | Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | Food is Medicine:  A Project to Unify and Advance Collecti...

Happy Holidays and Jingle Bulls!

'Tis the season for Social and Community:

United Kingdom's focus on loneliness| Policy papers and Annual Reports
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/loneliness-annual-report-the-first-year

Vivek H. Murthy, MD
https://www.vivekmurthy.com/

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2003. The Future of the Public's Healt...

International Committee of the Red Cross
https://www.icrc.org/en

Youth Suicide Rates Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2023/youth-suicide-rates-increased-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, The Father of Flow
https://www.cgu.edu/people/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/

Tommy, The Who
https://youtu.be/txA_FXWX7Po?si=GcF4FhZbxGWXZbv0

We’ve only just begun.
Education is number 1!

Education:  A Neglected Social Determinant of Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7326385/

Identifying and Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness from Pre-school to Post-Secondary Ages |  The State of Homeless Students in the United States
https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/supporting-homeless-students/index.html

Food Insecu...

Our episode on Heat would not be complete if we didn’t discuss the relationship heat has with things both big and small.  So, this one’s one and all about dust...

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Health Impacts of Air Quality
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/climatechange/health_impacts/asthma/index.cfm

World Health Organization - Air Pollution

~ HOT ~
 2023 City of Phoenix launches Office of Heat Response and Mitigation
https://www.phoenix.gov/heat

Arizona Department of Health Services Heat-Related Illness Dashboard
https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/extreme-weather/heat-safety/index.php#heat-home

World Health Organization - Heatwaves
https://www.who.int/health-topics/heatwaves#tab=tab_1

In a world of cheapl...

Humility + Humor + Healthcare + Childhood Medical Monsters
Based on lines from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, and characters from Star Wars by George Lucas 
Honorable mentions to Shakespeare & Austen 

by Dr. Michela Bull

In this reader's humble opinion, the masterpiece of patient narratives:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
https://www.amazon.com/Diving-Bell-But...