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How to Sleep Like a Champion: The Science of Sleep and Athletic Performance

The Sporting

Sleep affects athletic performance in many areas, such as speed, accuracy, reaction time, endurance, strength and injury risk. It allows your heart to rest, your cells and tissue to repair, and your immune system to fight infections. It can help you enhance your skills, confidence and motivation.

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Unconventional Teen Finds Relief From Severe Asthma

Stanford Childrens

He finds TikTok dull, and he doesn’t understand the motivation behind getting “likes.” A little of what helped spark Christian’s early old age might have been having to endure severe asthma from such a young age and all the medical emergencies and worries that came with it. Christian, left, with his mother and brother. He was fine.

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Health Education Lesson Plans

PLT4M

There are three main parts of the brain that are affected by drug use: The basal ganglia is the part of the brain that motivates us to do healthy activities, like eating or hanging out with friends. If you think a friend or family member has a problem with drugs, talk to an adult you trust – like a parent, coach, or teacher – right away.