If you tend to get overwhelmed by negative emotions and fall victim to rage, shutdown, or anxiety attacks, life can be difficult. A small frustration or upset can escalate into an emotional reaction that ruins your entire day. If this is you, know that you’re not alone. This happens to a lot of people, in…
Sepsis: The Killer Nobody Talks About
Sepsis is a serious physiological dysfunction that occurs when your immune system has an exaggerated response to an infection and triggers a life-threatening chain reaction of inflammation throughout the body. Sepsis is a leading cause of death, accounting for one in five deaths worldwide in 2017. In a research paper published in JAMA, researchers found “sepsis…
Radishes Are Surprisingly Good for You
Radishes add a welcome crunch to your salads and a healthy boost for your heart. These humble root vegetables might not command much attention, but they do offer noteworthy nutrition. They come in a wealth of colors, ranging from white to purple to black, and can be round or long and cylindrical. Radishes can be…
Revisiting Minimalism
What do you think of when you hear the word “minimalists?” Perhaps you imagine, as I once did, a person with one outfit and a cot in a tiny one-room house. Their boring lives, deprived of pleasure, feature drab routines and blank walls, right? Haha! Wrong! Permit me to shift your thinking as we look…
Wise Habits: A Guide to Letting Go of the Past
When we start to let go of the past, we have emptied our cups and allowed them to be filled up with the present.
Foods That Feed Healthy Teeth—or Cavities
According to the National Library of Medicine, tooth decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease. It can also become a pervasive issue for older folks. Tooth decay happens when decay-causing bacteria in your mouth encounter sugars and starches from foods and drinks and form acidic fluids. These fluids attack the surface of your…
Study Links Excess COVID-19 Cases and Deaths to Wildfire Smoke
August 14, 2021
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New research indicates that exposure to pollutants in wildfire smoke may have led to thousands more COVID-19 cases and deaths. The new study, published in the journal Science Advances, links fine particle pollution known as PM2.5, which measures 2.5 micrometers across and is produced by wildfires, among other sources, to a significant increase in COVID-19…
Teen Girls Suffer Unnecessary Pelvic Exams
After a young woman we’ll call Jane had her first pelvic exam, her doctor wrote her a prescription for birth control pills. “What are these for?” she asked, perplexed. “Because you’re having sex,” her doctor said. “No I’m not,” Jane responded, turning red in the face. “Well, you’re 23, of course you are,” her doctor…
6 Productivity Hacks to Avoid Distractions and Stay on Task
By Brian Buffini Does this scenario sound familiar? You start the day ready to accomplish everything on your to-do list, but then, somehow, you drift. Social media, email, text messages, and other disruptions get in the way, and before you know it, it’s mid-afternoon, and you’re wondering where the day went! This sort of drift can…
Get Big Health Benefits From This Small Adjustment
It might be hard to imagine, but you may be able to significantly improve your health by eating a few less chips and drinking less than a cola per day—even if you’ve been eating poorly for decades and living a largely sedentary life. New research from the American Heart Association finds that obese seniors who cut…
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