Hair loss is distressing. Looking at the handfuls of hair that fall out of your hands every time you wash or brush your hair is absolutely heart-wrenching. According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), hair loss is often caused by kidney deficiency, blood deficiency, or staying up late. The following are four tips from TCM practitioners…
Study: Cruel Aspartame and Anxiety Connection
If you are looking for yet one more reason to avoid consuming the artificial sweetener aspartame, the results of a new study may help. According to researchers at Florida State University College of Medicine, results of their four-year animal study showed an increased risk of anxiety associated with the use of aspartame. And there’s more:…
Best Aromatherapy Herb for Alzheimer’s
Lemon balm may beat out drugs for controlling the symptoms of severe dementia. Improving cognitive performance with aromatherapy in young healthy volunteers is one thing, but how about where it really matters? This group of Japanese researchers had this pie-in-the-sky notion that maybe certain smells could lead to “nerve rebirth” in Alzheimer’s patients. Twenty years ago, to…
Sitting All Day? A New Study Finds a Relatively Easy Way to Counteract It
To reduce the harmful health effects of sitting, take a five-minute light walk every half-hour. That’s the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. We asked 11 healthy middle-aged and older adults to sit in our lab for eight hours…
‘Anecdotals’ Documentary
A previously healthy 12-year-old who can no longer walk. A surgeon whose career is over. A woman who can no longer cook or clean. These adverse reactions are real, not rare – here’s how they’re shaming and abandoning them, while hiding their stories. STORY AT-A-GLANCE The film “Anecdotals” provides a glimpse into the lives of…
8 Soothing Decorating Ideas to Make Your Home a Stress-Free Sanctuary
Your home is your refuge. It’s where you can feel safe and relaxed when life gets overwhelming. Certain decorating choices help foster that sense of peace, and how you decorate a space can have a huge impact on how you feel while you’re in it. A well-designed space filled with items you love can be…
3 Main Causes of Hair Loss, 4 Ways to Prevent and Regrow Hair
Hair loss is distressing. Looking at the handfuls of hair that fall out of your hands every time you wash or brush your hair is absolutely heart-wrenching. According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), hair loss is often caused by kidney deficiency, blood deficiency, or staying up late. The following are four tips from TCM practitioners…
Tech’s Attack on Our Dopamine System
Tech companies hire rooms full of highly intelligent people to figure out how to best design their product to exploit the features of your brain’s reward systems. Their mission is to cause habitual addictive behavior. This process is called reward prediction error (RPE) encoding and features a neurotransmitter called dopamine. In a 2018 interview, former…
How to Wake up Alert and Refreshed
Researchers have discovered that you can wake up each morning without feeling sluggish by paying attention to three key factors: sleep, exercise, and breakfast. Do you feel groggy until you’ve had your morning joe? Do you battle sleepiness throughout the workday? You’re not alone. Many people struggle with morning alertness, but the new study demonstrates that…
Evidence of Serious Adverse Events in What Is Believed to be One of the Most Effective Vaccines
The decline of public trust in COVID-19 vaccines significantly impacts vaccination rates against routine childhood diseases. This multiple-part series explores the international research done over the past two decades on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine—believed to be one of the most effective vaccines developed to date. Summary of Key Facts This multiple-part series offers a…
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