Shots – Health News : NPR

4 tips to outsmart dopamine if your kid is hooked on screens or sweets : Shots – Health News : NPR

Turns out, smartphones and sugary foods do have something in common with drugs: They trigger surges of a neurotransmitter deep inside your brain called dopamine. Although drugs cause much bigger spikes of dopamine than, say, social media or an ice cream cone, these smaller spikes still influence our behavior, especially in the long run. They shape our habits, our diets, our mental health and how we spend our free time. They can also cause much conflict between parents and children.

Help! I’m stuck on the Elevator

Elevator stopped this morning mid floors with me on it. The floor display said – – – and was completely dead with the door open and close buttons not working.

Had to call the state police with the elevator call button. They told me to hold the elevator close button for 5 seconds, then hold the elevator open button for five seconds. Very slowly the elevator descended to floor 1 and opened.

I thanked them and was on my way, taking a different elevator to work. That elevator remains out of service as of this afternoon.