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Drinking eight 8-ounce cups of water every day has long been touted as the key to staying healthy and hydrated. And while that number does change depending on a few factors — including but certainly not limited to the temperature and your activity level — that figure is a great jumping off point for the average person. But, when it comes to children and young adults, getting them to stay on top of their water intake can be a bit tricky, especially if they're captivated by something else.It doesn't matter whether you're a teacher trying to help your students stay...

How to Encourage Students to Stay Hydrated During School

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

If your teenager often seems moody and volatile, you might be tempted to dismiss it as normal teenage behavior that will eventually pass. But sometimes the symptoms that most parents and caregivers of teenagers deal with are not just part of the normal changes all young people experience. Sometimes they could represent a more serious change to their behavior and personality.

Recognizing Red Flags in Teenage Behavior: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers

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Life doesn't end at 50, and we enjoy greater longevity than ever before. Those who find themselves alone will naturally seek companionship. However, a less committed type of relationship is growing in popularity.

Love Relationships After 50: Situationships on the Rise

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Heartbreak is a universal experience that can leave us feeling shattered and lost. Whether it’s the end of a romantic relationship, the loss of a loved one, or another form of emotional pain, the feelings of grief and sorrow can be overwhelming. While time is often cited as the best healer, there are powerful treatments that can help accelerate the healing process and restore your emotional well-being. This article explores three powerful treatments for repairing a broken heart, providing practical steps to help you move forward and find peace. Understanding these methods can empower you to take control of your healing journey and rebuild your life with renewed strength and hope.

3 powerful steps for repairing a broken heart

Symptoms of BPD can profoundly affect someone's parenting ability. Children raised by parents suffering from symptoms of BPD may be exposed to a unique form of trauma. Healing from this trauma is often complicated by the parent's tendency to blame the child for what went wrong. Parents and other relatives...

Adult Children of a Parent with BPD

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Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, is still looking for a forever home for an adorable six-year-old French bulldog named Joannie. The local animal rescue explains: “Joannie was found as a stray extremely emaciated and less than half her current weight now. She was missing fur on her body, face and ears. She has been nursed back to health and is doing wonderfully. While her age and exact history is unknown, it is clear she has mothered more than enough litters in her short lifetime.”

Meet The "Extreme Snuggler" French Bulldog Still Looking For Love

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Horoscope for Sunday, August 11th

Unfortunately, vision loss is more widespread than you may think. The World Health Organization states that at least 2.2 billion people across the globe have a near or distance vision impairment. In at least 1 billion of these cases, the vision impairment was preventable or has not yet been addressed.

10 Simple Ways You Can Support Your Eye Health Every Day

Melanie Allen

For the first time in history, parenthood is a choice. Advances in birth control give women the ability to decide when, if, and how many children they have. Although birth control pills first appeared on the market in the 70s, having children was still considered a given. It wasn’t a question of “if” but of “when.”

15 Reasons Why More and More Women Are Choosing the Childfree Life

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Approximately one-tenth of the world's population boasts blue eyes, a trait especially prevalent in European populations. The persistence of this colour amid various earthy tones has intrigued scientists for years. Anthropologists from the UK now suggest that blue-eyed individuals might have a visual advantage in dimly lit conditions.

Eye Color May Influence Your Reading Ability Study Suggests

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Jealousy, like fear, is a very normal emotion and can be used to motivate us. However, how we manage and act on that jealousy will make a huge difference in our self-esteem, relationships, and careers.

How to Go From Jealousy to Inspiration to Achieve What You Desire

One of the most important ways to cope with misophonia at school is to get the support of adults. Misophonia can make school challenging, but there are ways to help your child cope. Coping with misophonia at school is a conversation that comes up often for me with clients. There...

How to Cope with Misophonia at School

In the quiet hum of a conversation, lies the echo of profound transformation. Such is the story of Michael Manion, a 22-year Army veteran whose odyssey from despair to enlightenment serves as a beacon of hope for countless others grappling with the aftermath of military service. Michael, now retired as a first sergeant, founder, and director of Healing Frontline Heroes Mexico, shared deep emotional vulnerabilities, recounting the tumultuous journey that led him to the healing embrace of psychedelic medicine.

A JOURNEY OF HOPE AND TRANSFORMATION

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Once a staple on cruise ships, libraries are becoming a relic of the past, particularly on Carnival Cruise Line vessels. The cruise line has confirmed that it no longer includes libraries in the design of new ships, a decision that has sparked both disappointment and understanding among passengers.

Why is Carnival Quietly Phasing Out a Popular Ship Amenity?

A good night’s sleep can feel like a distant dream for new parents. According to research by Silentnight, new mums and dads get just four hours and forty-four minutes of sleep in an average night during the first year of their baby’s life – that's 59% less than the recommended eight hours!

The best baby sleep aids, tried and tested by the GHI

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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

Tracey Tee, 48, and her business partner spent nearly a decade building a successful brand and traveling across the country performing parent-focused comedy sets. "And then Covid [and] the lockdowns happened," she says. "Within two weeks, we had to cancel nearly 100 shows for 2020, and lost everything. Almost a 10-year business just slipped through our fingers like sand. And the grief of that, especially what felt like an epic failure that just wasn't our fault, was intense and then compounded with the lockdown."

48-year-old founded 'Moms on Mushrooms' to share the practice of microdosing for mental health

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Spreading a message of hope for SMA Awareness Month

To highlight SMA Awareness Month this August, I could go on and on describing the physical aspects of my life that occur every day. For example,...

Spreading a message of hope for SMA Awareness Month

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