Ohh I love this good weather, it brings out the best in people, great to get out walking, actually see your neighbours instead of whizzing past in cars, nothing like a bit of eye contactand a craic, it's good to talkor even doing a bit of DIY 'round the house, this weekend I'm on a mission, in between watching the style at "the wedding" I plan on painting my bedside lockers, I've said it, so now I have to do it!.
From the last Ezine I participated in "Rampage" in Cookstown, great team building event but took me 3 days to get over it! but maybe... ITIcould do something like this "get dirty with your crew, were tougher together"!!!
This issue may be a bit disjointed as it incorporates April and May. Also with a Bank Holiday on the horizon why not visit some nearby attractions!those boots were made for walking!
The brain is the control centre of the body. It controls thoughts, memory, speech, and movement. It regulates the function of many organs. When the brain is healthy, it works quickly and automatically. However, when problems occur, the results can be devastating so why not Eat Smart for a Healthier Brain!
Lifelong learning helps to keep our brain strong, different things challengedifferent people so what challenges you most has highest valuefor yourbrain so it's smart to Keep Your Brain Sharp and Healthy!
Parkinson’s diseaseis a condition that affects the brain and nervous system. The main symptomsrelate to the body’s movements. Dopamineis a chemical messenger that helps certain parts of your brain co-ordinate movement properly. Parkinson’s diseaseoccurs when the nerve cellsthat produce dopamine die, resulting in low levelsof dopamine in your brain so how can we increase dopamine naturally? Some famous people with Parkinson's Disease
Your throat, the tube that carries food to your esophagus and air to your windpipe and larynxand the technical name for the throat is the pharynx. Viral infectionswhich cause a sore throat are common and accounts for a lot of visits to the doctor each year. Although a sore throat can be uncomfortable, it'll usually go away on its own. Other problems that affect the throat include:-
Snoring, another throat related problem, caused by things such as your tongue, mouth, throat or airways in your nose vibrating as you breath because these parts of your body relax and narrow when you're asleep and you're more likely to snore if you:
are overweight
smoke
drink too much alcohol
sleep on your back
So is there a cure for snoring? No, snoring cannot be cured, it can be controlledcheck out these 5 Ways To Stop Snoring! and did you know that chewing gumhelps by exercising the jaws and facial muscles!
Doctors have suspected that snoring is generally associated with sleep apnea, and sleep apneawas linked to sudden cardiac death.
Unlike heart attacknot related to sleep apnea, which could occur anytime of the day, cardiac deathfrom sleep apneahappens while the patient is asleep and did you know that snoring is more common in men and appears to run in families. Check out these tips to help you and your partner sleep better!
A yawn is a reflex consisting of the simultaneous inhalation of air and the stretching of the eardrums, followed by an exhalation of breath and then looking at your watch!!Yawning (oscitation) most often occurs in adults immediately before and after sleep, during tedious activitiesand iscontagiousbut what are the Causes of Excessive Yawning
You may think Yawning just means you're tired, but are they trying to tell you something! A study has suggested that the reason we yawn has nothing to do with tiredness or boredom, but actually works in order to cool down our brain and help us think a little clearer, apparently a cool brainperforms better than a warm brain, who would have thought!
Yawning is involuntary because we do it even before we're born and it's also contagious so What makes us yawn?
You don’t decide to yawn, your playing out a biological programme! We yawn unconsciously and spontaneously. We can’t yawn on command but if we've been yawning from before birth it must be doing something important to have survived!
Thanks for all the positive feedback from our Health Initiative Day and because there was an overwhelming desire to improve on our health check scores there is a further Health Day with health checksscheduled for Thursday 6th December, giving us 6 months to up our game!!
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