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Afinal, deve-se ou não dormir com meias? Especialistas afirmam que sim e que este hábito pode trazer vários benefícios. Veja quais.
Esta prática simples pode ter um impacto significativo na qualidade do sono. "Embora usar meias para dormir possa parecer algo pequeno, na verdade poderá ajudar o seu corpo a preparar-se para dormir", notou o médico Craig Zebuda.
Sinaliza de que está na hora de dormir
Pode parecer contraditório, mas os pés quentes ajudam o corpo a libertar calor com mais eficiência. Isto faz com que a temperatura corporal central diminua, o que sinaliza o corpo de que está na hora de dormir.
Pode ajudar com a reduzir as insónias
Há pesquisas que indicam que usar meias pode ajudar no tratamento das insónias, nota médica neurologista Monika Mathur.
"Alguns estudos (...) descobriram que aquecer os pés pode reduzir o tempo necessário para adormecer e melhorar determinados indicadores de qualidade de sono", realça.
"A ressalva é que esses estudos são pequenos e, provavelmente, o efeito é mais eficaz em pessoas com os pés realmente frios, sendo mais provável que se trate de um truque de baixo risco do que de uma cura comprovada", explica Math.
Pode aliviar ondas de calor
As meias podem ajudar com os sintomas da perimenopausa relacionados com a temperatura. "Na perimenopausa, ocorrem alterações hormonais que reduzem a zona de temperatura confortável do corpo, então mesmo um pequeno aumento na temperatura corporal pode desencadear uma resposta exagerada de arrefecimento, causando sintomas como rubor, sudorese e ondas de calor".
Pode parecer contraditório, mas manter os pés ligeiramente mais aquecidos pode ajudar a libertar o calor de forma mais suave.
Mantém os pés macios e hidratados.
Aplicar um pouco de hidratante nos pés antes de dormir e calçar umas meias é o truque ideal para ter uns calcanhares macios.
"Para a maioria dos adultos saudáveis, usar meias para dormir é perfeitamente seguro", diz Zebuda, embora haja alguns pontos a considerar.
Na madrugada de 25 de outubro, os relógios vão atrasar uma hora, permitindo dormir mais 60 minutos. No entanto, a mudança para o horário de inverno e a redução da exposição à luz natural podem afetar o relógio biológico, o humor e os níveis de energia.
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Elk, bear, frogs and other animals have used the overpass, which connects 39,000 acres of habitat, since its completion
Colorado officials have tracked herds of elk, bears, pronghorn and even northern leopard frogs ambling across its new wildlife overpass. According to a newly released report, the overpass, which acts as a bridge over a busy stretch of interstate, has helped cut wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% since its completion 10 months ago.
The overpass is the centerpiece of a larger system built by the state to assist wildlife crossing the highway, which also includes miles of 8-ft tall fencing and five large wildlife underpasses.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it will investigate living conditions inside the Washington, D.C. Jail following years of reports of filth, medical neglect, and brutality.
The D.C. Jail, which holds all pretrial detainees and misdemeanor offenders in the District of Columbia, was the subject of an unflattering 2016 Reason cover story, "How Not to Build a Jail," describing how wretched conditions had persisted there for more than a century. Lawsuits, audits, and media investigations have all documented persistent civil rights problems. The jail gained additional infamy for holding pretrial detainees and convicted defendants who were prosecuted for their role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol Building.
The Justice Department received numerous allegations of excessive force, inadequate medical care, unsanitary living conditions, and malnutrition inside the jail, according to a department press release. The investigation will determine if D.C.'s Department of Corrections has a pattern or practice of violating prisoners' constitutional rights.
"The Constitution protects the rights of every incarcerated American, including those held in custody in our nation's capital," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a DOJ press release. "We are committed to upholding our federal civil rights laws so that no inmate is confined in unconstitutional conditions or subject to unconstitutional mistreatment at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections."
Last week, six current and former D.C. Jail inmates filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they found dead mice and cockroaches in their food.
Five different D.C. Jail inmates filed another lawsuit in September alleging guards failed to stop or adequately respond to a man in the jail's mental health unit from starting an electrical fire.
In 2021, the U.S. Marshals Service transferred roughly 400 inmates out of the D.C. Jail after a surprise inspection reported unacceptable living conditions, including guards withholding water and food from inmates as punishment.
A week before that inspection, a federal judge held the D.C. Department of Corrections in contempt for repeatedly failing to turn over the medical records of a January 6 defendant who had been waiting for months for a scheduled wrist surgery.
The antiquated jail, opened in the 1970s, has numerous structural problems, but plans to replace it have stalled. In the meantime, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division will write a report to add to the top of the pile.
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Australia’s politicians have been facing increasing threats and abuse. It can no longer be dismissed as social media noise or harmless comment
Victorian independent MP Helen Haines was at the opening of a dog park in Mansfield on Monday, out and about in the sprawling northern Victorian electorate, talking to locals and moving freely.
Later in the afternoon, at 3.35pm, she was unpacking a car outside her electorate office when a man understood to be known to authorities struck her with his car. He allegedly completed a U-turn when he saw Haines.
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