Month: October 2021
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What Are Nootropics?
You might not have heard of nootropics, but the word is often heard amongst groups of people who are deep into the biochemical interworking of the body and the mind. Some or many of it has little to no scientific studies to support their use, but there are many resources on the Internet touting certain…
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International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction // Disaster Preparedness
On October 13th, 1989 The United Nation’s General Assembly made a call for an international day to promote risk-awareness and disaster reduction. October 13th was hailed as the “International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.” Disasters can come in many different forms — both natural or artificial. This observed day is dedicated to encouraging a global…
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Touching on Arthritis
According to the CDC, around half of people suffering from arthritis are actually younger than you might think with only 49.6% of sufferers being over the age of 65. Arthritis literally stands for “inflammation of the joints:” Arthro refers to joints and itis denotes inflammation. In the spirit of World Arthritis Day on October 12th,…
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World Homeless Day
World Homeless Day is an annual day intended to spark conversations about the homeless populations around the world. Unfortunately, our community has suffered a significant rise in the unhoused over the past two years. When the pandemic hit, the ability to work from home made moving to the Comox Valley a desirable plan. Not only…
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Space Week and World Habitat Day
As I will cover homelessness or people who are unhoused next week, I won’t dive too much into the lack of housing for our current population in the community of the Comox Valley and its surrounding municipalities, but I did want to touch on this UN-declared day dedicated to the needs for all people to…
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World Smile and International Vegetarian Day
One might argue that smiles are not related to health, but they certainly help! We can trick the brain into thinking we are experiencing something humorous or happiness-related and induced a series of hormonal responses. Fake it until you make it sort of thing. What better way to celebrate world smile day than doing your…
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Welcoming October With Fresh Eyes for Older Persons Day
This title is a tilt of the hat to October 14th’s upcoming World Sight Day, which is celebrated every year on the second Thursday of October. Originally, the day was initiated in 2000 by the Lions Club International Foundation’s SightFirstCampaign. More on that to come on October 14th.