Here is your weekly news roundup of articles, reports, resources and webinars you might find interesting.
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While You Were Sitting ...
Self-Care While Working From Home
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5 exercises to offset too much sitting
Prolonged sitting is an unavoidable reality for many. And with lots of us spending more time inside, as the pandemic continues, it's inevitable that we're spending even more time being sedentary. The irony is that we're staying home to protect our health, but all that added sitting is putting our health at risk in other ways.
Read full article.
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Simple Stretches to Combat All That Sitting
Whether you are hunched over a laptop in a makeshift work space or slouched on the couch binge-watching TV, you know — and can feel — that sitting for long periods can sabotage your health. From head to toe, these simple exercises can provide relief, restore muscle function and improve posture.
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If you’re finding that you’re more exhausted at the end of your workday than you used to be, you’re not alone. Over the past few weeks, mentions of “Zoom fatigue” have popped up more and more on social media, and
Google searches
for the same phrase have steadily increased since early March. Why do we find video calls so draining? There are a few reasons.
Read full article.
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Eye Care in the Time of COVID-19
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May 31, 2020 is
World No Tobacco Day
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Tobacco products kill more than 8 million people every year. Tobacco and related industries must continuously find new consumers to replace the ones that their products are killing to maintain revenue. That is why t
his year the World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a counter-marketing campaign in response to the tobacco and related industries’ systematic, aggressive and sustained tactics to hook a new generation of users. The goal of the global campaign is to debunk myths and expose devious tactics employed by these industries. It will provide young people with the knowledge required to easily detect industry manipulation and equip them with the tools to rebuff such tactics, thereby empowering young people to stand up against them.
Find out what you can to and how to join the movement.
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Mental Health Month Concludes
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Check out this video created by the teens at
the Darien Depot Volunteer Group!
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Save the Date for These Online Trainings!
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ONE DAY SALE! 15% off Addiction and Recovery virtual and online trainings from the CT Women's Consortium.
Sale begins Friday (5/29) at 12:01 am and ends Friday (5/29) at 11:59 pm. Discount applied in the cart.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020 | 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Webinar attendees will learn:
- Why large and small companies choose to invest the majority of their advertising dollars in social media campaigns
- Best practices and principles for designing campaigns
- How a local community implemented these principles in a public health initiative
- How to run sponsored ads and how to measure campaign success
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Co-Morbid and Subclinical Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Friday, June 5, 2020 | 12:00 – 2:00 PM
By educating the rehabilitation community as to how to recognize and accurately identify subtle mood disorders, proactive measures can be taken, at an earlier stage, to treat any brain chemistry component to remission – thus empowering their recovery. In an environment where everyone knows what to look for, children are more likely to get their mental health needs met. RSVP by June 4th to Kyrsten Bravo.
Email
or Call/Text 203-570-9623.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83328713583
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Meeting ID: 833 2871 3583.
1.5 CE credits available at no cost!
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Working from home is not easy, especially if you're new to the game. Join us in this webinar, as award-winning CEO Bryan Caplan shares tips, tricks, and best practices to get yourself in the "work zone" and stay productive throughout your day.
Register now.
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Free Stay-At-Home Entertainment
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The Harry Potter author said her new fairy tale would go online in installments, starting Tuesday, and published as a book in November.
Read more.
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The Courage to Speak Foundation has adapted the live Courage to Speak - Courageous Parenting 101 "Parenting Through the Opioid Crisis and Beyond" program into a
FREE online training program
. Accessible from anywhere at any time, parents will have the ability to login to our platform and complete a
skills-based training on their own schedule
. Through video lessons, informative presentations, handouts and interactive activities,
parents learn the knowledge and skills they need to keep their children safe from drug use
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Access the Free Online Parent Drug Prevention Training.
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A Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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Strategies to foster humanism and meaningful connection during virtual encounters
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These 5 risks associated with dining in at restaurants might convince you to continue to order takeout, according to a top infectious disease scholar. Here's how you can mitigate them.
Read full article.
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Addiction specialists said it was possible for people who are drinking heavily and consistently during the coronavirus pandemic to develop a problem they did not have before.
Read full article.
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Though CVS Health had been building up its arsenal of digital tools before the Covid-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders forced the pharmacy giant to lean more on them. The company has seen a surge in the use of its support services since the beginning of March.
Read full article.
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Your Daily Dose of Humor ...
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