Winter can lead to dry, itchy eyes. It’s windy and dry outdoors, and heaters pumping inside don’t offer much relief. The result? Dehydrated, itchy eyes that can feel like they’re on fire, making it hard to enjoy the season’s sights. Here are some ways to keep your eyes lubricated: Wear Sunglasses: If you’re heading out for…
Why You Need Essential Oils In Your Household For The Winter Season
Essential oils have become extremely popular in the last decade or so as the go-to remedy for a variety of situations. They are simple to use, very enjoyable (unlike many natural remedies), and support many of the core systems that people are having difficulty with today. You can use essential oils in any season of…
How to Avoid Achy Feet While Working at Home
If you’ve been spending more time at home during the pandemic, you may not realize how important proper footwear is for keeping certain injuries at bay. Sean Peden, an orthopaedic foot and ankle specialist from Yale University Medicine, says not wearing supportive footwear on a regular basis can lead to foot pain and other problems….
How to Stay Warm During the Winter
It’s wintertime, which means unless you live in the South, it’s cold! With cold temperatures comes cold hands and feet. Your hands and feet feel colder during the winter months because low temperatures cause veins and arteries to constrict, which limits blood flow to these extremities. Blood flow is necessary to feel warm, so reduced…
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression
A young person I know felt so depressed that she thought about ending her life every day. She planned how and where she would crash her car and fantasized about putting on dark clothing and walking onto the highway at night so a driver would hit her. She felt anxious and hopeless, certain that she…
Save Your New Year’s Resolutions for Spring
Instead of chasing your holiday cheer with New Year’s resolutions, consider waiting a few months. People tend to see resolutions as black or white, forgetting that change is incremental; being “happier” is a better resolution than being “happy,” for instance, says Tim Bono, lecturer in psychological and brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis….
How to Build a Healthy Cheese Board
Christmas Eve is a great time to slow down and relax a bit during the hustle and bustle of the season. For me, it signals the end of the pre-Christmas rushing around, and really kicks off the holidays. I often have at least four big dinners with my various extended families, so I like to…
Deadly Bugs Found in 9 of 10 Makeup Bags
We recently tested 467 makeup products, donated to our study by people in the United Kingdom, for bacterial and fungal contamination and found that 90 percent contained potentially deadly germs. These products, which included lipstick and mascara, could pose a significant health threat. We found E. coli and Staphylococci in used eyeliner and mascara. These bacteria can cause irritation and conjunctivitis (pink…
Slow Holidays
For the past couple of Decembers, I’ve created a lot of spaciousness and slowness for myself. It’s a beautiful way to wind down the year and reflect on my life. The holiday season can be a rushed affair for many people, but it doesn’t have to be. I’d like to share a few ideas in…
Autoimmune Disease: A Modern Epidemic
Although few doctors know how to successfully manage autoimmune disease — a condition in which the immune system attacks the body — researchers say it has become a modern epidemic, affecting more people than heart disease and cancer combined. Conventional medicine also argues autoimmune disease has mysterious origins and is primarily genetic, but again research paints…
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