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Giving social support may help to lower inflammation and improve health

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An interesting article titled “Perceived social support-giving moderates the association between social relationships and interleukin-6 levels in blood,” appears in the 2022 edition of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (no. 100: pp. 25-28) written by T. Jiang and et al. The article seeks to explore if perceived social support-giving (i.e. the belief that one can be available to give social support to others) moderates associations between social relationships and inflammation. Thus the article looks at the willingness to give social support to others such as family and friends instead of just receiving help from those same people. In the article, the researchers looked at data from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the U.S. (MIDUS II) and in particular 1054 healthy middle-aged adults between 34 and 84 years old. The data contained questionnaires on social integration, support-availability from others, positive relations … Read more

Relocation: The key considerations to tackle

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Some people will live in the same place, or even the same house, for their entire lives. Then, you have free spirits, those who like to roam about from city to city every year. In between the above groups, there are some people who are forced to uproot their life and relocate. Generally speaking, this tends to be for work, but there can also be reasons related to family which make it a necessity. If you have are considering relocating in the past, the below will offer you some of the big things to consider ahead of your move. Location, location, location Granted, you may have decided on your new destination of choice, but your next choice revolves around the city, or even the neighborhood that you will be heading to. Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t just about crime … Read more

Will Dental School Debt Lead to Future Counseling?

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Future dentists these days are being subjected to large amount of loans that are necessary as a part of dental school. This topic has been covered a bit before on this site, see for example https://blog.teethremoval.com/medical-school-student-costs-in-the-u-s-are-affecting-mental-health/ and https://blog.teethremoval.com/medical-students-are-at-risk-for-suicide/. This topic has also been recently discussed on the American Dental Association (ADA) Viewpoint and Letters to the Editor. In an April 18, 2016, letter titled “Dental student loan debt” Dr. Sparkman from Texas said If most dental students today are borrowing over $200,000 to get out of dental school then I have part of the solution in three words. Get a job. Dr. LeMert a 2009 dental school graduate from the state of Washington took issue with this position and found Dr. Sparkman’s position laughable.  He said in a May 16, 2016 letter titled “Dental school reality” Dental school itself was a 60 hour/week … Read more