Four weeks after San Diego pediatric nurse Jennifer Minhas fell ill with COVID-19 in March 2020, her cough and fever had resolved, but new symptoms had emerged: chest pain, an elevated heart rate, and crushing fatigue. Her primary care physician told her she was just anxious, and that none of her other COVID-19 patients had…
Perfect Timing to Lose Weight and Detox with Ease
A solar term is a period of about two weeks and is based on the sun’s position in the zodiac. Solar terms form the traditional Chinese calendar system. The calendar follows the ancient Chinese belief that living in accordance with nature will enable one to live a harmonious life. This article series explores each…
Older Adults With Pre-Diabetes Seldom Get Full-Blown Version
Older adults classified as having prediabetes due to moderately elevated measures of blood sugar usually don’t go on to develop full-blown diabetes, according to a new study. Doctors still consider prediabetes a useful indicator of future diabetes risk in young and middle-aged adults. However, the study, which followed nearly 3,500 older adults, of median age…
7 Reasons a Small-Town Lifestyle Can Make You Happier
Almost every time my wife, Heather, and I used to go on vacation, we’d spend time during the car or plane ride home going back and forth about how nice it would be to live full-time in the destination we had just visited. By the time we got home, we inevitably talked ourselves out of…
3 Ways to Win Your Day—and Celebrate
We tend to go through our days with our noses to the grindstone, doing tasks, getting distracted, jumping from one thing to the next. Go to sleep tired, repeat the next day. Our days become an endless cycle of getting stuff done and getting through to the next day—especially during this pandemic. What would it…
Ways to Bring Nature Indoors
Research suggests that in the winter months we spend around 90 percent of our day indoors. There’s a growing awareness about how much our surroundings can affect our well-being. Now more than ever, it’s important that interior settings are planned to enhance good health. Being in nature has been shown to provide a sense of…
Dear June: Seeking Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccines
Dear June, I have concerns about the COVID-19 vaccines. I need trusted—truth and tradition—guidance. My work wants to make it mandatory as fast as legally possible. Concerned Hospital Worker — Dear Concerned Hospital Worker, I think that understanding how some traditional ideas—moral principles and beliefs—apply to the issue of vaccine mandates will help us to…
Could a Too-Clean Society Trigger a Rise in Food Allergies?
Rising rates of food allergies may be the result of environmental factors and a misfiring protection system, propose four immunobiologists from Yale University. A paper published by the scientists in the journal Cell suggests an exaggerated activation of the body’s toxic food protection system in response to environmental factors is behind the increase.(1) They write…
Comprehensive Study Finds Omega-3 Reduces Heart Risks
OmegaThe most in-depth analysis to date confirms the importance of consuming sufficient quantities of omega-3 fats to prevent cardiovascular disease. The meta-analysis, published in the peer-reviewed journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reviewed 40 clinical trials, and the multi-disciplinary team of researchers delivered an authoritative rallying cry for including more EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) omega-3 fats in…
Some Drugs Can Become a Cancer-Causing Chemical in the Body
When consumers get a prescription drug from the pharmacy, they assume that it’s been tested and is safe to use. But what if a drug changes in harmful ways as it sits on the shelf or in the body? One dangerous result has been the creation of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a probable carcinogen, in certain drugs. NDMA…
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