Tag: health

Healthy Aging: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective

Although the risk of disease and disability clearly increase with advancing age, poor health is not an inevitable consequence of aging. Many of the illnesses, disabilities, and deaths associated with chronic diseases are avoidable through known preventive measures. Key measures include practicing a healthy lifestyle (for example, regular physical activity, healthy eating, and avoiding tobacco…


Decluttering Mistakes to Avoid

As I stood in my kitchen, my view spanned across the countertops, into the living room, and through the adjacent playroom. I saw piles of unopened mail, dozens of small toys scattered by my toddler, last night’s clean dishes left to dry next to the sink, and a large stack of clothes that beckoned to…


Try to Do This Once an Hour to Keep Blood Moving

It’s easy to take a seat and not give it up. Last night, for example, I sat down around 7 p.m. and don’t think I moved until about 10:45. The seat was just that good. I know you can relate. You’ve likely sat through an entire sports game, movie, or back-to-back episode of a binge-able…


FDA Wants COVID-19 Boosters Targeting Omicron BA.4, BA.5 Subvariants

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday recommended COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers change the design of their booster shots beginning this fall to include components tailored to combat the currently dominant Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the coronavirus. If authorized, the changes would mark the first major retooling of COVID-19 vaccines, but also could…


Manuka Honey Fights Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Plus so Much More

The steadily worsening problem of antibiotic-resistant pathogens – cause for grave concern in the medical community – has researchers working overtime to discover solutions.  But several studies raise hope that Manuka honey may hold the key to combating MRSA and other drug-resistant strains. In one study conducted at Cardiff Metropolitan University and published in 2012 in Microbiology, researchers…


We Need a Reset, but Not ‘The Great Reset’

A interview with Catherine Austin Fitts about her work in exposing corruption and fraud in the banking industry and government. Typically, my conversations with experts about the COVID pandemic revolved around the infection and its treatment. Today’s interview with finance guru Catherine Austin Fitts will tackle the COVID topic from a different angle. Austin Fitts…


The Only Choice Left: Slavery or Freedom

A interview with Catherine Austin Fitts about her work in exposing corruption and fraud in the banking industry and government. Typically, my conversations with experts about the COVID pandemic revolved around the infection and its treatment. Today’s interview with finance guru Catherine Austin Fitts will tackle the COVID topic from a different angle. Austin Fitts…


Non-Perishable ‘Miracle’ Apples Grown by Elderly Man Reveals the Secret to Health

Japanese nutritionist Tomoko Wakasugi doesn’t only enjoy longevity, but also has never seen a doctor. Now in her 80, she has a full head of healthy hair and strong teeth, and she is able to give lectures all over Japan. Wakasugi grows her own vegetables year-round and is against eating inorganic produce grown with chemical…


Study Sounds Alarm Over New Bacteria Increasingly Spreading Among Humans

A strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria discovered in pigs is spreading to people and causing infections, according to a new study released this week. A strain of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) is suspected to have emerged among European pigs and other livestock in the past several decades because of frequent antibiotic use in farming. “Historically…


7 Types of Facial Wrinkles and What They Say About Your Internal Health

Facial wrinkles are not only a sign of aging, but can also reflect the health status of our organs. Reducing wrinkles can even protect our organs. The skin is the largest organ of the human body, and the health of the body is often reflected on the surface of the skin. When a person is…