May 25, 2010 -- Consumer Reports Health has issued a new ranking of the six repellents it says are best to ward off mosquitoes and deer ticks. The magazine says it tested 10 insect repellents in an outside laboratory, where volunteers let deer ticks crawl on them and also exposed themselves to mosquitoes.
Keep Your Cool to Sleep Better. Your body temperature can affect how well you sleep. Scientists at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam found that people slept better when their skin was slightly cooled.
A lowered metabolic rate affects the bodyâs ability to maintain what is considered a normal temperature of 98.6 degrees. When metabolism slows, so does the bodyâs ability to generate heat. This means seniors can become cold outdoors in the sun during summer or indoors in a well-heated room during winter. There are other reasons seniors may be unduly cold, so it is important they to seek medical advice in order to identify underlying causes. Hypothyroidism and cardiovascular disease are chronic medical conditions that affect body temperature.