Sunday, March 6, 2016

Are You Aware? // March Awareness

This is the first full week of March, so I decided to begin my March updates mentioned in my previous post.

* To my fellow group members: This is my Spring Break Week, so you do not have to comment, but I will still be posting.

This week is National Sleep Awareness Week (3/6 - 3/13)! I am sure everyone who reads this blog has experienced sleep deprivation, especially throughout high school and/or college. I'm pleased that the National Sleep Foundation has a week dedicated to sleep awareness, as most people (especially my generation) get fewer and fewer hours of recommended sleep, which greatlyas we all know too wellaffects everything we do. And I think it is quite suitable during BASIS Scottsdale's Spring Break. You can follow the campaign using #7Days4BetterSleep.

Each week I will include links to other nationally recognized days in the top right sidebar, so check them out if you have a chance. If you would like to learn more about these March Awareness updates, feel free to comment on my posts and ask for additional links. I will also try to include articles and facts that I find particularly interesting and/or informativesuch as “A proper diet and routine screenings can prevent colon cancer” (March is also Colon Cancer Awareness Month).

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Fact of the day: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a sleep disorder said to occur due to the inability for an infants brain to control regulatory functions like breathing. - Read more about SIDS here.

I hope these updates will give you a better idea of some of the research I do to gather information for my social media posts. More importantly, I aim to increase awareness of and spread the word about the topics I share.

More updates to come!
Mia Lu

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