Once a year, sleepy Americans get their wish for just one more hour of sleep, thanks to the end of daylight-saving time. While it might be tempting to use that extra hour to watch TV or read, health experts stress the importance of using that time to actually sleep. Getting this extra hour of sleep is a good start, but you must prioritize sleep every day to pay off your sleep debt, said Dr. If you experience difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, go see a sleep specialist. To a society that is already sleep-deprived, losing just an hour more of sleep can be detrimental. A study conducted at the University of British Columbia found an estimated 7 percent increase in traffic accidents immediately following the spring daylight-saving time shift - when we lose one hour of sleep. According to a...

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Doing yoga on the ball can benefit anyone, including strong, limber athletes. Raise the bar on your yoga workout by adding ball work. Poses done on the round surface challenge balance and build core muscles while helping you develop inner focus. Basic Crunches for Abs With your feet flat on the floor, place your lower back on the ball, and your upper body and thighs parallel to the floor. Do crunches as usual, lifting only your shoulders and upper back off the ball, using your abs. In normal everyday activity and traditional exercise, larger muscles tend to do most of the work, so the small ones weaken from lack of use, she explains. However, when you do yoga movements on the unstable surface of a ball, you strengthen those tiny, overlooked muscles through the micro-movements you make to...

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When someone mentions mold it brings to mind visions of green bread or cheese that has been left in the refrigerator too long - things you just throw into the trash without much thought. However, molds are an essential part of our environment. They break down trees, leaves and other types of organic matter; and mold is responsible for some of the foods and medicines that we have today. But inside buildings mold can be unsightly, smell, and cause health problems to the buildings occupants. Cleaning staff may be responsible to either remediate mold that already exists or to prevent mold from growing inside buildings. Knowing the basics about mold can help to put preventive measures into place. Molds can grow almost anywhere as long as moisture water , an organic food source and oxygen is present...

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When you are in the market for sporting gear, oftentimes you may very well become mesmerized by the way a product looks. You pay less attention to how effective a particular product will be and focus sometimes nearly exclusively on how a product looks. When all is said and done, when you are in the market for certain types of sporting gear, you need to keep safety as your number one priority. In other words, when it comes to shopping for different types of sporting gear items, you need to make and keep safety first. In the beginning, if you are looking for certain types of sporting gear, you should take the time to find out what independent evaluators have to say about a particular item of gear. In this day and age, there are a number of resources through which a person can obtain an independent...

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