Turn Your Clocks Back - Reduces Heart Attack Risk - Sweet!

Updated April 26, 2021

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Daylight Saving Time May Affect Heart - WebMD.com

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It turns out that turning your clocks ahead in the Spring increases your risk of heart attack, and turning your clocks back (like this weekend) in the Fall reduces the risk of heart attack. I wanted to share the source New England Journal of Medicine article with you, but the best I could do was share this Medical News Today summary article for you, "Heart Attack Risk Raised When Clocks Go Forward, And Are Reduced Slightly When Clocks Go Back." Wishing you some extra health from turning your clocks back this weekend. 

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College Students - eccch, dorm room bedbugs! (video)

Gross me out! It's time to go back to school, and to your bedbugs! Watch this CBS News video, "Dorm Room Bedbugs." Watch CBS Videos Online Wishing all you college students a fun, and great bedbug-free time this year. Cheers! 

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Back-To-School Anxiety - tips for parents and their kids under 8

Updated February 5, 2022

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Young Kids and Back-to-School Anxiety: How to Shrink it Down to Size - EmpoweringParents.com

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Summer is coming to an end, and it will soon be time to go back to school. It's time to pay attention to back to school mental health. There's an excellent Minti post on this topic, "Young Kids and Back to School Anxiety: How to Shrink it Down to Size." The main point is take away as many unknowns as possible (e.g., preview the playground), and address concerns how certain social situations might he handled (e.g., who to eat lunch with). Amazingly, there are back-to-school anxiety books for children ages 4-8. This Amazon.com carousel contains titles from a list I saw published in the San Francisco Examiner (8/20/08):  

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