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Weekend reads: How to improve your relationship with your phone


Vivian Le's reads

How to improve your relationship with your phone. Cell phones and other digital devices are an inescapable part of daily life nowadays, but some people may have an unhealthy attachment to their devices, leading them to miss out on relationships and feel more emotional distress. Writing for the Washington Post, Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the City University of New York, offers four tips on how to get your digital life back in balance and ultimately become "empowered, healthy and wise digital citizens."

Why timing matters for your medication. Although doctors rarely consider the best time to take a medication when they are prescribing it to patients, when you take your medicine could significantly impact its effectiveness or influence its side effects. Writing for The Conversation, Tobias Eckle, a professor of anesthesiology at the University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Campus, explains how research into chronotherapeutic drug delivery could help find the best timing for certain medications to make them more effective, safer, and more.

Lex Ashcroft's reads

If you can smell your air freshener, you might have a problem. Any air freshener that clears odors, such as plug-ins, aerosols, scented candles, and oils, comes with health risks. In many cases, consumers have no way of knowing what's in the product. The chemicals used in these fresheners create fragrances that pollute indoor air quality and potentially interfere with proper functioning of the body. Writing for the Washington Post, Amudalat Ajasa explains how air fresheners affect human health, what you can do to minimize your risk, and why loose regulations have contributed to the issue.

Digital clutter can be overwhelming. Here's how to clean up. Although not physical like the junk drawer that inevitably builds up in a home, digital clutter can still induce stress, impede productivity, and negatively affect one's general sense of wellbeing. While society has been "socialized into saving" tons of photos or documents, the urge to do so (as opposed to the preference) can be problematic. Writing for the New York Times, Jancee Dunn offers tips and different approaches from experts on how to tidy and digitally declutter your phone, computer, and email accounts.

 


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