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  • Bedtime Procrastination

    Given that my last post was on sleep, I thought I’d share this article on bedtime procrastination. We’ve all been there. We should go to sleep, but we put it off for some reason. Well, a bunch of psychologists have attempted to figure out why! It’s an interesting read 🙂

  • Soaring temperatures are killing people around the world right now

    Originally posted on The Southern Miss School of Social Work: Heat records are being set all over the world this July, and people in large numbers – mainly the young, the elderly, and the poor – are dying because of it. Yes, climate change kills.  The link between heat-trapping gases and global warming is proven…

  • Sleep is for the weak

      Sleep is for the weak, or so they say. In this modern age of technology, many are no stranger to sleepless nights. This is not a new phenomenon, however it has been affected by technology changing the way we approach bedtime. With readily available internet and entertainment by the way of reruns and on-demand…

  • Why Diabetes Is Becoming More Common

      Why is Type 2 Diabetes becoming more prevalent in the developed world and what can we do to combat it? Nowadays, it seems that the potential risk factors for diabetes seem to be increasing, but that only tells part of the story. It’s become apparent that the rate of Type 2 Diabetes is rising…