April SchweinhartHow does an anti-vax healthcare worker stay employed?The Anti-vaccine movement is probably one of the things that irks me the most about the current ideological shift against science and…Jun 20, 20231Jun 20, 20231
April SchweinhartMigraines…What a headache!After a long hiatus, I decided to come back to blogging in order to write this piece about migraines. As much as I would love to write a…Sep 29, 2017Sep 29, 2017
April SchweinhartTrusting teacher: children’s evaluation of the reliability of informantsOne of the most frustrating things that I experience in my day to day life is coming across people who have been exposed to misleading…Jan 31, 2017Jan 31, 2017
April SchweinhartWhen ‘Facts’ aren’tLately there have been a lot of headlines about false ‘news’ stories and factually inaccurate information hitting top Google search pages…Nov 16, 20162Nov 16, 20162
April SchweinhartGlass houses and homework stonesWOW — so I just caught myself going down the same kind of dangerous, circuitous-logic path that I so often criticize:Sep 12, 2016Sep 12, 2016
April SchweinhartMore like brain guides…My friend sent me a very interesting article from the Times today which describes some awesome new research out of Washington University’s…Jul 21, 2016Jul 21, 2016
April SchweinhartPlacebo effect — keyword: effectIt’s been a while since my last blog post, mostly because I moved across the country! So forgive me that this news is a bit old:Jul 20, 2016Jul 20, 2016
April SchweinhartThe fish I caught was so big it was actually a bear!We all know that media outlets tend to latch on to attention-grabbing ideas and blow them way out proportion — the typical “what you don’t…Jun 22, 2016Jun 22, 2016
April SchweinhartFighting a good fight?I was feeling pretty confident this morning in my outfit choices until I saw the following in my feed:Jun 17, 2016Jun 17, 2016
April SchweinhartConserving False Narratives — aka Scholastic TelephoneThis is a tough one for me to write because I support the separation of mental health reform and gun violence issues. A friend of mine…Jun 16, 2016Jun 16, 2016