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Cats and Dogs. Credit: Frank and Kay Whatley, Nadia Ethier
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SPCA of Wake County Issues Safety Warning for Pet Owners During Cold Weather

December 6, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

The SPCA of Wake County would like to remind pet owners the importance of taking care of animals during the winter months and overnight freezing temperatures. Just as freezing temperatures can pose fatal risks for humans, […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: By Way of Good-bye

June 22, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA As I have now decided to retire — after 63 years of practice and over 15,000 patients — I now will have time to contemplate and reminisce And remembering to […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Sex, Sex, Everywhere

May 7, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Έρος ανίκατεν μαχαν — “Sensual love (forever) undefeated in battle” Sophocles (chorus in Antigone) Sexual drive and behavior in humans are powerful in dominating our behavior in more ways then […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: …Together We will Thrive, Separate We will Become Extinct

April 26, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA I return to this subject over and over because is a matter of life and death for our species as humans. The story of our origin as a species is […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner:  Gossiping About Gossip

April 1, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA As I have mentioned many times in the past, we humans are complicated creatures. There exist two separate groups of inborn traits in us, which together make up our human […]

Hug Huddle artist Stuart Semple. Source: DPAC
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Artist Plans “Hug Huddle” Art Event in London and Denver

March 13, 2018 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor Do you feel like you could use a hug? How about a hug that connects people across the globe? On Monday, March 26, 2018, British artist Stuart Semple is inviting the public […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Killing of the Children

March 8, 2018 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD Ironically, a few days ago I was writing an article with the heading, ”….and the pursuit of happiness” — which will appear in a future issue — when the news arrived […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Tragedy of Humankind — In Place of A Christmas Carol

December 21, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We humans are amazing, awe-inspiring creatures —  as justifiably declared by Sophocles, one of the ancient Greek “Shakespeares.” We are not only intelligent, contemplative, curious, and able to use symbolism and […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Humanity Racing for Our Own Survival

November 27, 2017 Kay Whatley

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD As problems are accumulating of our own making, humans are pushing rapidly towards a number of possible catastrophes like:  a World War III — complete with atomic bombs and biological weapons, […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Some Rational Thoughts for An Irrational Subject

October 10, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We, as a nation of over 300 million people do not really have a “gun problem” — whether as “protectors” of the second amendment or  the “gun control people.” Instead, we […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Persistence of Obsolete Beliefs

July 13, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD The ancient Greeks, as usual, had a word for it, ου με πείσεις καν με πείσης — “You are not going to persuade me, even if you give me evidence to persuade […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Some Thoughts about Our Death

June 30, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We erroneously have believed in the past that the knowledge of our inevitable death was an exclusive one for we humans. Now we do know that elephants for sure — and […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Death of Your Partner

June 22, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

By Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD We humans are above all social beings. Our evolutionary success and survival depended on it and still does. A significant part of us prompts us to cooperate, exchange affection, display altruism, […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Into the Woods and Across the River

June 12, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD  We humans, only yesterday geological-time-wise, were roaming the Savannas and the forests, just about a hundred to two hundred thousand years ago. And we loved it! At night, as the darkness […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: 2 War, The Ever-present Looming Monster of Humanity

May 8, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Let’s declare from the beginning: war is not inevitable. Switzerland and Sweden with their centuries of peace attest to that. Neither is it an organized faculty residing in our human […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: What is Normal?

April 12, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA I have often been asked what is normal in humans regarding their thinking, behavior, and their feelings. Here is my answer: A normal human being is a person that — given […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Let’s Talk About Religion

February 27, 2017 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

 Editorial by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Religious narratives and practices are almost universal. All such narratives share certain characteristics centered around a powerful deity, whether it is called God, Theos, Gott, Dieu, Allah, Elloheim, YHWH, or […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Normality revisited

May 7, 2016 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

 Contributed by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA Our brain is an ambitious organ. It tries to do too many things — often contradictory — in its effort to accommodate conflicting traits of our nature. Our nature […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Limits of Foresight in Humans

April 25, 2016 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

A Major Roadblock Against Employing Collective Action  Contributed by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA The Ancient Greeks in their genius had detected defects in our foresight. They even had a wonderful saying that is rendered here […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: Wooden Headedness

March 17, 2016 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Why Humans — as Individuals, as Groups, and Nations — Repeatedly Make Faulty Decisions Against Our  Self Interest — Unable to Profit or Learn from the Harm Done Contributed by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA There must be a built in “goofiness” […]

Dr. Nicholas Pediaditakis, founder of Alkyonis Mental Health Center, Raleigh NC.
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Dr. Nicholas’ Corner: The Frogs Are Ready to Jump!

December 23, 2015 Dr Nicholas Pediaditakis

Contributed by Nicholas Pediaditakis, MD, DLFAPA There is a story which can be used as a powerful metaphor for us humans, facing the same problem. A group of frogs placed in scalding hot water will jump […]

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The Strange-ness: Earth “Song” Recorded during Solar Storm

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Earth’s magnetic song recorded for the first time during a solar storm Data from the European Space Agency (ESA) Cluster mission has provided a recording of the eerie ‘song’ that Earth sings when it is […]

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The Strange-ness: NUFORC Data Shows North Carolina #12 in UFO Sighting Reports

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Compiled by Kay Whatley, Editor The National UFO Reporting Center, or NUFORC, contains UFO sighting reports for the State of North Carolina going back to the mid-20th century. According to NUFORC data, North Carolina ranks […]

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The-Strangeness: Crocs Gets “Lit” for #CrocDay on Oct. 23

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