Today’s Solutions: July 28, 2026

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Podcast Transcript July 24th, 2026— The science of soccer-stress, salsa dancing for depression, and why summer slips away

Episode Description: Watching a tense soccer match nearly doubles cardiac event risk, and cortisol could start rising fourteen hours before kickoff. With Spain just taking the World Cup, a fair portion of the world’s population has basically been running a biological experiment on Read More...

Sleep deprived? These tips wil

Sleep deprived? These tips will help you catch up on those missing zzz's

Think of your body as a bank, and each night you're depositing a set amount of money into it. If you miss your "payment" one night, you'll owe more money the next night to make up for it. Sleep deprivation accumulates in this way.  "For someone well-rested, missing one hour of sleep on one night Read More...