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A new study has found that procrastination has genetic links. The research could help scientists understand the evolution of dawdling. The study conducted by researchers at University of Colorado Boulder shows that the tendency to procrastinate has genetic roots. The research explains why some people are more likely than other to dawdle and why these [...]
There are some foods that you know offer so little nutritionally that you would rather not eat at all than get your energy from these particular options. Some of these may seem obvious while some may surprise you as they commonly masquerade as "healthy" options. via The 10 foods most nutritionists won't eat.
"I'm not the fashion police and I do realize there are societal changes," Mayor Ernest Troiano said in an interview. "But in the same breath, it's called underwear. It's not outerwear." Sagging, as the trend is called, began in prisons and spread via hip-hop artists to a wider audience of teenagers in the 1990s. Troiano [...]
"There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” Nelson Mandela A new report released in Canberra on 15 March by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) entitled The Wellbeing of Young Australians, puts Australia’s youth on the middle to lower end [...]
48% of women have experienced physical violence 34% of women have experienced sexual violence* 14% of young women aged 12 to 20 have experienced rape or sexual assault** Join over 60,00 Australians, including many celebrities like Rove, Keith Urban and Andrew O’Keefe and take an oath to end violence against women. It is important to [...]
Adele: "I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.” At 23 the British singer Adele has the music world at her feet. Anyone who saw her take out 6 awards at the 54th Grammy Awards earlier this month [...]
Live a life you won’t regret. Bronnie Ware is an Australian palliative care nurse who looks after patients in the last twelve weeks of their lives. She has turned a blog about her conversations with these individuals into a book entitled The Top Five Regrets of the Dying published by Hay House in the UK. [...]
Summary of key findings 12% of Australians reported experiencing levels of stress in the severe range. Young adults reported experiencing significantly higher levels of stress and significantly lower levels of wellbeing than the general population. 1 in 3 Australians reported experiencing depressive symptoms with 10% of these being in the severe range. 1 in 4 Australians reported experiencing anxiety [...]
A recent study in the USA suggests links between junk food consumption and negative behaviours greater consumption of carbonated non-diet soft drinks was associated with an increased likelihood of carrying weapons or being violent towards others. Solnick SJ and Hemenway D. The ‘Twinkie Defense': The relationship between carbonated non-diet soft drinks and violence perpetration among [...]
Many schools and other organisations will go through the experience of having one of their young people attempt or complete a suicide. All people can help young people experiencing suicidal thoughts by providing emotional and practical support. Here's a useful website that offers practical advice about warning signs, intervention strategies, triggers, myths and facts. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Youth_suicide_prevention_the_warning_signs [...]
