Cathren Housley

Alt-Health: Where Does Personality Start?

If life were a game and you entered at square one, there is only one thing that you would bring with you – your genetic blueprint. Every part of you is mapped out there, your psychological traits along with your physical characteristics. For many years, it was largely a word-of-mouth observation that certain temperaments seemed […]

Advice From the Trenches

Posted on April 17, 2019January 14, 2020
Cathren Housley
Advice From the Trenches, Lifestyle
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Advice from the Trenches: Trauma and Suicide

Dear B&C Can you explain something to me? I read about the wave of suicides that comes one year after school shootings. I thought that the initial grief was the hardest, and then time began to heal the wounds. Why would suicides occur so much later on? Time’s Up Dr. B – Although there is […]

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Alt-Health: Life-Changing Bariatric Surgery

When the question of weight has passed from being a matter of vanity to becoming a dangerous health condition, a diet and exercise program isn’t enough. For some patients, bariatric surgery may be the last chance to change the course of their health. Bariatric surgery describes any surgical procedure on the stomach or intestines intended […]

Advice From the Trenches

Advice from the Trenches: Not a Pretty Girl

Dear C and Dr. B; I have a friend who told me that every time someone tells her that she’d be pretty if she wore makeup or did her hair, it makes her want to cut herself. She feels that it’s demeaning and humiliating to be seen or noticed because of her “meat bag packaging.” […]

Lifestyle

AltHealth: Can Alzheimer’s Disease Be Prevented?

I watched my father turn from a marathon runner and 11-time elected public official into a shrunken, lost soul, as transparent as wax. At the assisted living home where he finally landed, he believed he was in a hotel and getting ready to move on to the next destination. His vacant eyes, and the total […]

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Alt-Health: Little White Lies Lead to Big Problems

PD Ouspensky once wrote that man could be classified as “an animal that lies.” This is most certainly true. Much of the time, it can be a harmless feelings-sparing, or time-buying, act, but sometimes it can be dangerous. According to a recent study published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), 60% to 80% […]

Advice From the Trenches

Advice from the Trenches: Aimless Kid

Dear C and Dr. B; My daughter is 23. In high school she was very rebellious and saw my strictness as “you never want me to have any fun!” She moved out when she graduated and went to community college for a while, but dropped out. She couldn’t afford her apartment because she couldn’t get […]

Lifestyle

Posted on February 27, 2019February 26, 2019
Cathren Housley
Lifestyle
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AltHealth: The Damaging Anti-Vaccine Movement

It just was announced that a second child has died this year in RI from flu complications. At least three have died in Massachusetts and many other deaths are being reported across the country. In related news, there have been measles outbreaks in Washington State, New York and Texas, with additional cases reported in Oregon, Connecticut, […]

Art

Posted on February 20, 2019February 25, 2019
Cathren Housley
Art, Fine Arts
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Reflections: URI’s latest art exhibit celebrates Black History Month

The current exhibit at the URI campus includes, “Civil Rights Are Human Rights: Icons of the Civil Rights Movement,” which is a contrast in approach and focus. Pamela Chatterton-Purdy’s iconic memorials reflect a solemn reverence for those whose lives were impacted, and too often ended, by our country’s civil rights struggle. Jordan Seaberry’s gritty street […]

Lifestyle

Posted on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019
Cathren Housley
Lifestyle
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AltHealth: That Quiet Place Inside

The US currently ranks highest in healthcare spending among the world’s developed nations. Our average cost per capita is $10,029 a year. What can we do to get our overall costs down? Practice better self-care. But self-care is more than just diet and exercise. The pressures, expectations and anxiety in our lives can make us […]

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Alt-Health: Where Does Personality Start?

Advice from the Trenches: Trauma and Suicide

Alt-Health: Life-Changing Bariatric Surgery

Advice from the Trenches: Not a Pretty Girl

AltHealth: Can Alzheimer’s Disease Be Prevented?

Alt-Health: Little White Lies Lead to Big Problems

Advice from the Trenches: Aimless Kid

AltHealth: The Damaging Anti-Vaccine Movement

Reflections: URI’s latest art exhibit celebrates Black History Month

AltHealth: That Quiet Place Inside