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World Sleep Day (which falls into Brain Awareness week). Seven ways to improve your sleep according to science. Source: BBC news

Seven ways to improve your sleep according to science 4 hours ago 15th March 2024 By Zaria Gorvett, Isabelle Gerretsen and Richard Gray,Features correspondent Getty Images To celebrate World Sleep Day, here’s our science-based guide to getting the best slumber … Continue reading

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Brain Awareness Week:- Article chosen from EL PAIS from Sleep deprivation to mental illness. A lack of sleep affects our emotions, we become less positive and more anxious

A meta-analysis synthesizes 50 years of sleep deprivation research and reveals that not enough rest can lead to emotional changes the next day. Source: EL PAIS Health Sleep disorders A lack of sleep affects our emotions, we become less positive … Continue reading

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DW: Ukraine: How the war is poisoning the environment. Costs to date estimated at £52 BILLION. But think about the chemicals seeping into the ground and eventually infiltrating food supplies. Extremes maybe but the costs are reality and impossible to estimate.

Ukraine: How the war is poisoning the environment Julia VerginPublished 03/07/2023Published March 7, 2023last updated 02/22/2024last updated February 22, 2024 Russia’s Ukraine war is not only taking a toll on people’s lives, it’s also been devastating for the environment — … Continue reading

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Mental illness, addictions, intellectual impairments, disabilites, elderly. Yet again a scandal and who pays but the Vulnerable? This election year I hope the question is loud enough about charities, mental illness provision, nursing homes, homes for peoples with disabilities, addiction, the reasons behind the homeless crisis with “A country is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable”.

Support Us | Sign in Advertisement Read Next SJOG said it intends to transder community services to the HSE by mid-August Shutterstock/DC Studio sjog St John of God service users ‘alarmed’ by proposed transfer to HSE due to funding issues … Continue reading

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Scientology-linked UK drug rehab left vulnerable people ‘traumatised’. Source: The Observer. Comment: Ballivor, Co. Meath. Buildings bought to become a Rehabilitation Centre. People protested and rightly so. Cinderella HSE services blight our vulnerable people who have mental illness/addiction issues but that doesn’t mean we need The Church of Scientology regime.

Support the Guardian Fund independent journalism with €10 per monthSupport us ShowMore The Scientology headquarters in Los Angeles. The drills at the Narconon rehab centre in Sussex are based on the writings of L Ron Hubbard, Scientology’s founder. Photograph: Leigh … Continue reading

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AI MAY BE ATROPHYING OUR BRAINS, PROFESSOR WARNS. Source: Futurism. The__Byte

 AM EST byNOOR AL-SIBAI / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BRAIN DRAIN AI MAY BE ATROPHYING OUR BRAINS, PROFESSOR WARNS IF YOU DON’T USE YOUR BRAIN, YOU COULD LOSE ITS ABILITIES. GETTY / FUTURISM Barely Functional Just like smartphone GPS has harmed our sense of … Continue reading

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Intermittent fasting: what is it, how does it work – and is it right for you? Source: The Guardian

Diets and dieting Intermittent fasting: what is it, how does it work – and is it right for you? From the 5:2 diet to Rishi Sunak’s 36 hours of abstinence, IF has taken off, with claims that it will make … Continue reading

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Why You Urgently Need a Support Network to Recover From Mental Illness. Source: The Good Men Project

GET DAILY EMAIL JOIN/LOGIN  togle menu The Good Men Project https://033e7855f6d0fba628a09ee2cc040ab0.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html Home / Featured Content / Why You Urgently Need a Support Network to Recover From Mental Illness Why You Urgently Need a Support Network to Recover From Mental Illness Confiding in someone is … Continue reading

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McVerry Trust : we hope they are gaining the support from Government they require while in temporary distress. Austria has a population of 9 million, let’s look to how they deal with their homeless crisis. Comment: postings on this site under homelessness, mental illness, urban abandonments. “The Housing First Concept”. Do you know that “Austria is one of the ten richest countries in the EU and yet over 20,000 people have no home. They are homeless and living on the streets.”. Source: The Good Men Project

Home/Featured Content/Off the Street and Into a Home: Over 1,000 Homeless in Austria Get a Flat Off the Street and Into a Home: Over 1,000 Homeless in Austria Get a Flat An initiative by the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs, … Continue reading

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Bigger, stronger, faster: how my exercise addiction nearly killed me. Source: The Guardian. Comment: Strive to be perfect can start so early on in life and destroy people; be watchful because addiction covers far more than alcoholism, drug addiction…it is more like a character trait that cons people into framing their view of life, through their “perfection” frame which can be distorted.

Well actually Bigger, stronger, faster: how my exercise addiction nearly killed me I turned to fitness when I was out of control with bourbon, drugs and an eating disorder – but it became another problem Margo SteinesMon 5 Feb 2024 … Continue reading

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