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Healthy Information of the Day April 21, 2016 IN 2014, PENNSYLVANIA RANKED NINTH IN THE NATION FOR PRESCRIPTION AND HEROIN FATALITIES. MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

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1 Healthy Information of the Day April 21, 2016 IN 2014, PENNSYLVANIA RANKED NINTH IN THE NATION FOR PRESCRIPTION AND HEROIN FATALITIES. MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALONE EQUALS158 OF THE DEATHS. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE THE FATALITIES? HTTP://WWW.DEA.GOV/DIVISIONS/PHI/2015/PHI111715_ATTACH.PDF

2 Healthy Information of the Day April 25, 2016 MYTH OR FACT? IF YOU SMOKE POT ON THE WEEKEND YOU WOULD BE FINE ON MONDAY. WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS A MYTH OR A FACT?

3 Healthy Information of the Day April 27, 2016 TEENS THAT DRINK ARE 50 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO USE COCAINE THAN TEENS WHO NEVER CONSUME ALCOHOL. WHY? HTTP://WWW.TEENDRUGABUSE.US/TEEN_DRUG_USE.HTML

4 Healthy Information of the Day May 3, 2016 UNDERAGE DRINKING COSTS THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN $58 BILLION EVERY YEAR. HTTP://WWW.TEENDRUGABUSE.US/TEEN_DRUG_USE.HTML

5 Healthy Information of the Day May 6, 2016 REFLECT ON WHAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNDERAGE DRINKING AND ALCOHOL- RELATED CRASHES AND WRITE HOW IT CAN AFFECT YOUR FAMILY.

6 Healthy Information of the Day May 12, 2016 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RISK FACTORS THAT MAKE AN INDIVIDUAL MORE LIKELY TO BECOME ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS. LIST TWO OF THE RISK FACTORS.

7 Healthy Information of the Day May 16, 2016 1 IN 3 SONGS AND 3 IN 4 RAP SONGS SAY SOMETHING ABOUT DRUG, ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO USE. HOW WILL THIS FACT AFFECT TEEN DRUG, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO USE? “DRUGS : SHATTER THE MYTHS”, NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE, JULY 2013

8 Healthy Information of the Day May 20, 2016 BRAIN CELLS LAST ABOUT 25 YEARS. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAINTAIN YOUR BRAIN CELLS? CURRENT HEALTH 2, MAY 1993

9 Healthy Information of the Day May 23, 2016 THE BRAIN IS THE CENTER OF THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM, CONTROLLING OUR THOUGHTS, MOVEMENTS, MEMORIES AND DECISIONS.

10 Healthy Information of the Day May 24, 2016 ADOLESCENT BRAINS ARE GUIDED MORE BY THE AMYGDALA, RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTINCTUAL REACTIONS INCLUDING FEAR AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, AND LESS BY THE FRONTAL CORTEX WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTROLLING REASONING AND HELPING US THINK BEFORE WE ACT. HTTP://WWW.AACAP.ORG/AACAP/FAMILIES_AND_YOUTH/FACTS_FOR_FAMILIES/FACTS_FOR_FAMILIES_PAGES/THE_TEEN_BRAIN_BEHAVIOR_PROBLEM_SOLVING_AND_DECISION_MAKING_95.ASPX

11 Healthy Information of the Day May 25, 2016 YOUR PERCEPTION OF AN OPTICAL OR VISUAL ILLUSION HAS MORE TO DO WITH HOW YOUR VISUAL AREAS OF YOUR BRAIN WORKS -- AND LESS TO DO WITH THE OPTICS OF YOUR EYE. HTTP://ABCNEWS.GO.COM/HEALTH/EYEHEALTH/OPTICAL-ILLUSIONS-EYE-BRAIN-AGREE/STORY?ID=8455573

12 Healthy Information of the Day June 1, 2016 THE FIRST REFLEXES DEVELOP IN THE WOMB. BY SEVEN AND A HALF WEEKS AFTER CONCEPTION, THE SUCKING AND SWALLOWING REFLEXES ARE READY FOR USE. HTTP://WWW.BRITANNICA.COM/EBCHECKED/TOPIC/409709/HUMAN-NERVOUS-SYSTEM/75591/REFLEX-ACTIONS


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