Health & Wellness

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How To Prep Yourself For Flu Season
As the flu season gets started, what can you do to protect yourself and stay healthy?

Details: Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

What Works For Me: 1, 2, 3... TENS
A few weeks ago, I hurt my back. I pulled a muscle and when it happened, it literally knocked me off my feet. It took me several minutes to get back up off the floor and the pain was like nothing I'd ever felt in my life. However, with my usual positive attitude, I thought: "No problem, this will be healed in a day or two."

Details: Written by: Rob Jordan

Often unaware of the dangers, some spice processors in Bangladesh use an industrial lead chromate pigment to imbue turmeric with a bright yellow color prized for curries and other traditional dishes.

Details: Written by: Alexis Brink

The Power of Self-Care with The Art of Jin Shin
A child sucks her thumb for self-comfort. An adult touches several fingers to his forehead or leans a cheek into her balled-up fist as a response to cognitive stress. We cross our arms or place our hands on our hips when we seek safety and grounding. None of us are explicitly taught to use these postures as coping mechanisms, yet when the need arises, we fall back on them without conscious effort.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks into what researchers are doing to combat a flurry of vaping-related illnesses.

Details: Written by: David A Guba, Jr.

France Forgets Own Golden Age Of Medical Marijuana
This past summer the French food and drug office, the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament, greenlighted limited medical cannabis trials inside France, something that’s been illegal since 1953.

Details: Written by: Annalijn I. Conklin and Hadis Mozaffari

Since the late 1970s, a diversified diet has been considered an essential component of healthy eating. Ensuring a good balance of nutrients is crucial for people to stay healthy.

Details: Written by: Scott Lear

Downsizing To An Early Death? Why Exercise Is So Important As You Age
It’s well-documented that regular exercise is good for us. Being active can reduce your risk for a variety of diseases such as heart disease and cancer, as well as improving psychological well-being.

Details: Written by: Grace Parraga

Vaping: As An Imaging Scientist I Fear The Deadly Impact On People’s Lungs
Vaping causes severe illness in otherwise healthy young adults and teenagers. It causes a life-threatening, life-shortening and sometimes deadly lung toxicity and injury — with apparently irreversible damage that cannot be cured

Details: Written by: Barbara Mintzes and Agnes Vitry

Do New Cancer Drugs Work? Too Often We Don't Really Know And Neither Does Your Doctor
It’s hard to find anyone who hasn’t been touched by cancer. People who haven’t had cancer themselves will likely have a close friend or family member who has been diagnosed with the disease.

Details: Written by: Kathryn Walton and Molly Gallant

Food waste is costly — and not just dollars and cents. Food waste also has significant environmental and health implications.

Details: Written by: Greta Guest

If You Want To Cut Calories, Change How You Budget Them
New findings challenge the wisdom of budgeting calories for the day, which is what weight-control programs like Weight Watchers and diet apps like MyFitnessPal use.

Details: Written by: SciShow

A quarter of all prescription drugs in the U.S. come from substances that are found only in plants. In this episode of SciShow, we take a look at four of these talented plants who make our lives better.

Details: Written by: Suzanne Mahady

Here's What You Can Eat And Avoid To Reduce Your Risk Of Bowel Cancer
Up to 35% of cancers worldwide might be caused by lifestyle factors such as diet and smoking. So how can we go about reducing our risk of bowel cancer?

Details: Written by: Ilona Jaspers

Vaping Likely Has Dangers That Could Take Years For Scientists To Even Know About
The rise in cases of otherwise healthy young adults who have been hospitalized or even died from vaping-associated lung injury is alarming.

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Rainbow Yoga! The perfect 17-minute practice to brighten your day, to help turn darkness into light.

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Baked Lemon Garlic Chicken is easy, juicy and full of flavor.

Details: Written by: Ted W. Baxter

"Before the stroke, Ted was all business. Very serious. Since he’s recovered, he’s got such a sense of humor. He’s come almost 180 degrees now. He’s so much funnier, and all his humor—his dry sense of humor—has come out. It never came out before the stroke."

Details: Written by: David Winston

Adaptogens for Improved Health and Brain Function
Adaptogens can greatly increase the effectiveness of some modern drugs, including antibiotics, anxiolytics (anxiety relief), antidepressants, and hypoglycemic (blood sugar lowering) agents. They also can reduce, and in some cases eliminate, the side effects of some drugs. They have a proven record of being safe, efficacious, and quite versatile in their treatment of many conditions.

Details: Written by: James Leahy

there's A Way For Modern Medicine To Cure Diseases Even When The Treatments Aren't Profitable
Strides in medicine have contributed to a dramatic increase in life expectancy over the last century.