Health & Wellness

Details: Written by: Valerie Segrest (Muckleshoot)

Wildflower Apothecary: Summer

An enchanting blanket of wildflower medicine adorns the continent. Carefully cultivated by Indigenous inhabitants for hundreds of years—often thousands—these blossoms, leaves, roots, and fruits generously cure the commonwealth in return.

Details: Written by: Katie Bohn-Penn State

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It can be difficult to get young kids to eat enough vegetables, but a new study finds that simply adding more veggies to their plates can result in children consuming more vegetables at the meal.

Details: Written by: Kim Eckart-Washington

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Extreme longevity likely will continue to rise slowly by the end of this century, according to new research, with estimates showing that a lifespan of 125 years, or even 130 years, is possible.

Details: Written by: Maria Hornbek, University of Copenhagen

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The sense of smell in older adults declines when it comes to meat, but not vanilla, researchers report.

Details: Written by: Julia Evangelou Strait, Washington University in St. Louis

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Researchers have identified ingredients for snack food prototypes formulated to deliberately change the gut microbiome in ways that can be linked to health.

Details: Written by: Laura Bailey, University of Michigan

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Only 1 in 10 older adults in a large national survey who were found to have cognitive impairment consistent with dementia reported a formal medical diagnosis of the condition.

Details: Written by: Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen

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An artificial intelligence algorithm can improve diagnoses, treatments, and our overall understanding of sleep disorders, researchers report.

Details: Written by: Morgan Sherburne, University of Michigan

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More older Americans are able to meet their daily care needs without assistance, a report shows, but concerning gaps remained for older Black and Hispanic people.

Details: Written by: Kristin Grayce McGary

The Importance of Hydration, Sleep, and Exercise

The Old English word haelp meant "wholeness, being whole, sound, or well." The Proto-German word hailitho also means "whole." Old Norse offers helge, meaning "holy, sacred." This wholeness refers to all your vital parts and processes as present, properly arranged, and in harmonious balance.

Details: Written by: Kyle Mittan, University of Arizona

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It’s not just you—it really has been absurdly hot in some areas of the US lately.

Details: Written by: Mark Schwartz

Nearly all of us feel a little blue or a little down every now and then. It happens. Occasional temporary feelings of sadness are a natural part of life. However if you frequently feel this way, or if the feelings are excessive, you may be suffering from depression.

Details: Written by: Gary Sacks, Deakin University

Public health experts have long argued that when it comes to preventing obesity, we need to stop blaming individuals.

Details: Written by: Scott Shaw

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Confrontation is not kind, nor is it just. It is for this reason that you must never consciously seek out battle -- at any level. If it finds you, however, you must enter into personal self-defense at the most appropriate level...

Details: Written by: Chao-Hsiu Chen

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The West is preoccupied with looking younger; signs of aging are reminders of death. In Asia, age brings greater beauty and wisdom; it is what we all look forward to. However, if you still want to fight the aging process, you can look younger by following the fifty points outlined below.

Details: Written by: Alan Cohen

Shifting the Focus from The Addict to The Sage

Many of us have become so steeped in what is wrong with ourselves in relationship that dysfunction becomes our accepted norm. We are so expert in why we can't commit; or keep attracting abusive partners; or how our parents' poor role model squashed our self-esteem; or; or; or . . .

Details: Written by: James Endredy

For most people, walking is an activity that requires no thought or intention -- it is rarely even a conscious action. What's more, since walking is such a natural act, we are able to involve ourselves in a host of other activities while doing it. Watching other people walk can...

Details: Written by: Fay Johnstone

Attuning to the Language of Nature

Since we are part of nature, like the plants and the animal kingdom, we have the capacity for learning the subtle whispers of nature and communicating with the natural world that surrounds us. We each have the innate ability to perceive the language of nature...

Details: Written by: Duke University

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A multidecade study of young adults living in the United Kingdom has found higher rates of mental illness symptoms among those exposed to higher levels of traffic-related air pollutants, particularly nitrogen oxides, during childhood and adolescence.

Details: Written by: Duane Mellor, Lead for Evidence-Based Medicine and Nutrition, Aston Medical School, Aston University

Since the beginning of the pandemic, it’s been suggested that certain foods or diets may offer protection against COVID-19. But are these sorts of claims

Details: Written by: Andy Fell-UC Davis

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New research confirms that surgical face masks effectively reduce outgoing airborne particles from talking or coughing, even after allowing for leakage around the edges of the mask.

Details: Written by: Nicki Scully

Basics of Healing Energy: Being The Conduit Through Which Energy Flows

Movement is energy. Emotion is energy. And we all know when we are lacking in energy, for without it we cannot function. The power of our healing work comes from this understanding of energy: we can effect form intentionally...

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