Today, you’ll learn about how happiness fluctuates with age, a study that suggests compassion fatigue might be a self-fulfilling prophecy, and a possible new revolution in arthritis treatment.  

Happiest Age  

• “At which age are we at our happiest.” Ruhr Universitat. 2023.  
• “The development of subjective well-being across the life span: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies.” by Susanne Buecker, et al. 2023.  

Compassion Fatigue  

• “Compassion Fatigue as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Believe Compassion is Limited Increases Fatigue and Decreases Compassion.” by Izzy Gainsburg. 2023.  
• “Moving from compassion fatigue to compassion resilience Part 4: Signs and consequences of compassion fatigue.” by Debbie L. Stoewen. 2020.  
• “Compassion Fatigue.” by Chuck Russo, et al. 2020.  

Arthritis Treatment  

• “Developing a Treatment for Arthritis from Stem Cell Signals.” by Josh Conway. 2023.  
• “Osteoarthritis.” NIH. 2023 
• “The Current State of Osteoarthritis Treatment Options Using Stem Cells for Regenerative Therapy: A Review.” by Michael Thoene. 2023.  

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