Sharon Kirkey

4 weeks ago | nationalpost.com | Sharon Kirkey

Advertisement 1The vast majority of measles cases today are among unvaccinated children and youth, as vaccine hesitancy, and outright refusal, growsArticle contentPublic confidence in vaccines has dipped since COVID’s first surges, the proportion of parents “really against” routine childhood immunizations has grown and one third of Canadians believe the discredited claim that the measles vaccine causes autism, surveys show.

4 weeks ago | lfpress.com | Sharon Kirkey

The gaps threaten to widen and feed a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases like the ongoing outbreak of measles, say those who study the phenomenon. But vaccine hesitancy goes beyond autism. The motives of parents opting out are “often far more complex and nuanced than the pro-side would like to admit,” according to the authors of a recently-published paper on English-speaking Canada’s growing anti-vaccine movement.

1 month ago | nationalpost.com | Sharon Kirkey

Advertisement 1Cortisol 'detoxes' are trending, but scientists say most people don't need to worry they're producing too much cortisolArticle contentGoogle searches for cortisol, the body’s main stress hormone, are soaring, up 110 per cent in the U.S. in the past year alone, with “cortisol trigger foods” and “how to do a cortisol detox” ranking as top trending related searches, according to Google Trends.

1 month ago | nipawinjournal.com | Sharon Kirkey

According to a new review, mind blanking is a distinct conscious state in which our minds go 'nowhere' because they seem devoid of content The human mind really can go blank during consciousness, according to a new review that challenges the assumption people experience a constant flow of thoughts when awake. In experiments with healthy volunteers, the brain shows signs of "deactivation" and an increase in sleep-like slow brain waves during a reported mind blank.

1 month ago | healthing.ca | Sharon Kirkey

Home / Brain Health / Mind blanking: This is what happens in your brain when you go blank Sharon Kirkey, National Post The human mind really can go blank during consciousness, according to a new review that challenges the assumption people experience a constant flow of thoughts when awake.