Wednesday, September 29, 2010

KEEP EXERCISING
It will help you sleep better, even if we're not sure why:
"Sleepless and sedentary? Instead of counting sheep in a field, try running through a meadow.
Experts agree that an aerobic exercise routine during the day can keep you from tossing and turning at night, even if they're not sure why.  "The bottom line is we really don't know why people tell us that exercise helps them sleep," said Dr. David Davila of the National Sleep Foundation.  "But if people are normally active, reaching their aerobic goals, chances are they will sleep the right amount for what they need."  Davila, who practices sleep medicine in Little Rock, Arkansas, said the low-grade sleep deprivation suffered by many time-pressed, under-rested Americans has a cumulative effect.  "People have more car accidents and what they call 'presentee-ism', or poor performance, at work," he said. "There are fallouts for the average person."
But evidence is emerging that aerobic exercise can offer relief from insomnia.  A recent study at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois tracked 23 previously sedentary adults, primarily women 55 and older, who had difficulty falling or staying asleep.  After 16 weeks on an aerobics training program that included exercising on a treadmill or stationery bicycle, average sleep quality improved."

MOEBIUS NEWS
Another child with Moebius in South Africa has received the smile surgery:
"For the South African team of doctors it was a breakthrough. For nine-year-old Severiano du Preez, it means he will have a smile. Severiano is at least the third South African child to undergo the operation that allows children with moebius syndrome, which causes facial paralysis, to smile; this is a first as the team is all South African.  Wits University professor of plastic surgery George Psaras, who performed the 12 hour surgery, was assisted by the dedicated team consisting of Dr Joost Blok, Dr Craig Schaw and Dr Gabriel Doucas, claims that Severiano would have to wait about two more months before he would be able to put his new smile to use."

For today's quote, here's a paraphrase of something I came across the other day:  You don't need others to fail...in order for you to succeed and find happiness.


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