Healthy Living With Dr. Jerry - the First

World Water Day aims to increase people’s awareness of the water’s importance in all aspects of life and focus on its judicious use and sustainable management. In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March as the first World Water Day (WWD). Since then the WWD is celebrated to draw wider public attention to the importance of water for mankind. Globally the day is celebrated to focus attention on water conservation, carrying out appropriate concrete measures and implementing the UN recommendations at individual, local and national level. WWD is a global day creating awareness on the subject and urging people to take appropriate actions for its conservation and avoiding its misuse. The theme for World Water Day 2019 is ‘Water for All - Leaving No One Behind’ which aims to explore nature-based solutions to the water challenges faced in the 21st century. Water is essential to our survival, it is essential...

In a new study, students who brought water into exams scored higher than those who didn't. The researchers believe staying hydrated lowered anxiety and improved thinking power. We get it. Despite the never-ending health benefits, staying hydrated may not top your daily to-do list. If you can't get yourself to guzzle enough H2O, new findings might offer extra motivation: Drinking water can boost your brain power. In a study presented  Wednesday  at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in London, researchers found that students who brought water into exams performed better than those who didn't. To make sure they hadn't simply concluded higher-scoring students are more likely to bring water into a test, they used the students' past coursework grades to set a general ability control. So even among generally poorer-scoring students, bringing water into the exams boosted their grades. "The results imply that the simple ac...