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Fido
Puggy
l ove
Feels
Ya
Like mum, like pup.
Dogs can tell when you’re
strung-out on stress and will
mirror your tension, reveals
a new study in Nature’s
Scientific Reports. They
smell the hormonal changes
in your sweat – namely,
skyrocketing cortisol and
plummeting oxytocin
and serotonin – then go into
‘protective posturing’ mode,
where they won’t leave your
side. Sounds aww... but
they actually experience
their own dramatic uptick
in blood pressure and heart
THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN WHO DON’T
WASH THEIR HANDS POST-BATHROOM. rate, which isn’t healthy. To
GRIM. GO FOR THE 20-SECOND RULE – keep you and your nugget
LATHER UP WITH SOAP FOR 20, RINSE
WELL, THEN DRY ON A CLEAN TOWEL FOR feeling zen, spend more
ANOTHER 20. HAVE A WORD WITH BAE, time grooming, walking and
TOO: THE SINK-DODGING PERCENTAGE
SHOOTS UP TO 27 FOR BLOKES. playing in the dog park –
SOURCE: FOOD SAFETY INFORMATION COUNCIL
and leave the phone at home.
PHOTOGRAPHY: GETTY IMAGES VOCAL ANAESTHETIC
AsJasonDerulofansknow,thepower of music can sometimes be
inexplicablyphysical.Hearingthesong Weightless by Marconi
Union–writtentoreduceanxiety,blood pressure and heart rate –
wasfoundtohavethesameanxiety-reducing effects as a sedative
onpatientswaitingforlocalanaesthetic. Earphones in.
SOURCE: REGIONAL ANESTHESIA & PAIN MEDICINE
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