Mental Attitude: Tidy Or Messy Desk?
According to research, disorderly environments (like an untidy desk) seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can produce fresh insights and creativity. Orderly environments, in contrast, encourage convention and playing it safe.
Psychological Science, August 2013

Health Alert: Clean Water and Soap Please!
Stunting, or a reduced growth rate, affects 165 million children worldwide and results in long-term impacts on physical and mental development, increasing the risk of mortality, and reducing productivity in adulthood. Researchers identified 14 studies c onducted in low and middle-income countries that provided data on the effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene programs on the physical growth of children. Clean drinking water and effective hand washing could reduce the prevalence of stunting in children under age five by 15%.
Cochrane Review, August 2013

Diet: Obesity and Sleep.
Brain scans of people after a sleepless night s how that sleeplessness reduces the so-called higher order powers of our brain and creates an excessive response in more primitive parts of the brain. Researchers say this combination of brain activities may lead to poor food choices, such as eating junk food.
Nature Communications Journal, August 2013

Exercise: Is Hot Yoga Safe?
The concern that heated yoga classes (those with temperatures ranging from 90-95°F) are dangerous is unfounded. Howeve r, it is important to properly hydrate before, during, and after class. It can take 10-14 days to fully acclimate to exercising in the heat.
American Council on Exercise, June 2013

Chiropractic: Headaches and Your Neck.
For some headache patients, the three nerves that exit the top of the spine (upper neck) may be at least partially responsible for their headaches. These three nerves travel into the head and have to pass through a very thick group of muscles in the upper part of the neck near where these muscles attach to the base of the skull. This is why when you have headaches and rub the back of the neck, the muscles may feel tight and or tender. In fact, if enough pressure is applied over one of these three nerves, pain will radiate into the head following the course of the nerve, sometimes all the way into the eyes. When chiropractic treatment is applied in the upper neck region, a reduction of the headache and neck pain may occur because the muscle tension is decreased and joint motion is restored.
Steve Yeomans, D.C., April 2010

Wellness/Prevention: Don’t Take Your Team’s Loss So Personally.
Seeing your team lose can cause you to eat more sugars and saturated fats, especially in close games that are lost at the last second. However, researchers found you can counteract this behavior by simply writing down what’s most important in your life immediately after the game.
Psychological Science, August 2013