A good night’s sleep is important for many reasons. It helps our body repair itself and function as it should, and is linked to better mental health and lower risk of many health conditions – including heart disease and diabetes.
Early-onset colorectal cancer incidence among the young, defined as those under age 50, has been rising globally since the early 1990s.
Historically, healing has been one of humankind’s higher functions, leaving its mark recorded throughout more than 10,000 years of human civilization. All of the major religions include healing as one of their expressions of spirituality...
- By Emma Farrell
If there is one plant to start your journey with the plant spirits, it should be Mugwort, the stunningly beautiful and beneficent Artemisia vulgaris. Mugwort is one of the most visceral plant spirits who weaves her spirit through all aspects of our life to bring alignment.
If your family member has just been admitted to the ICU, you may be overwhelmed by the number of people coming and going. Just who are all these people — and who’s in charge?
- By UC Irvine
New research offers a molecular view of how plants with a long history of use by Native Americans worked to treat pain and diarrhea.
Though researchers have known about the protective effect of exercise for many years, exactly why it has this effect on the brain has remained a mystery.
One diet change commonly recommended by experts is to eat fewer saturated fats – and instead consume polyunsaturated fats
- By Jude Bijou
What if I told you a new diet called the "It's Not About the Food" is gaining popularity and causing significant numbers of women to shed pounds along with old habits and excess baggage? I bet you’d at least give it a second glance, and perhaps even investigate further.
- By Jude Bijou
What if I told you a new diet called the "It's Not About the Food" is gaining popularity and causing significant numbers of women to shed pounds along with old habits and excess baggage? I bet you’d at least give it a second glance, and perhaps even investigate further.
Many of us have smartwatches or apps on our phones that count the number of steps we do. Usually, we aim to reach at least 10,000 steps a day, which we are often reminded is the target to help improve our health.
- By NC State
Some kitchen traditions are best avoided if we want to avoid foodborne illness.
The researchers say survey participants clearly found some foods aversive, not merely unpleasant.
As the days continue to get shorter and colder, it is likely that you or someone you know has started to experience seasonal mood changes.
New research about the relationship between neuron activity and blood flow deep in the brain, as well as how consuming salt affects the brain.
"Fight or flight! That's the only way we cope with stress," said my professor years ago. This is our automatic alarm state that pushes our body to the max so we can do something very aggressive to win over a predator or perceived source of severe stress, or to hightail it away as quickly as possible.
"Fight or flight! That's the only way we cope with stress," said my professor years ago. This is our automatic alarm state that pushes our body to the max so we can do something very aggressive to win over a predator or perceived source of severe stress, or to hightail it away as quickly as possible.
When I was a child, what the family doctor said was gospel, and no one would even have thought of disputing it.
When I was a child, what the family doctor said was gospel, and no one would even have thought of disputing it.
Children raised in areas with more atmospheric lead pollution grew up to have less...
A panacea garden awaits our next steps. In early summer, we introduced seven traditionally healing wildflower plants and how to invite them into our gardens. Now is the time for harvesting and transfiguration.
Each day, as sunlight dims and dusk falls, I stop. I watch the light turn to darkness, then close my eyes to make the transition from doing to being, from fast to slow, from outward to inward...
Unfortunately many of us have become victims of instant gratification. We want to succeed and we want it now. We want to heal and we want it now. Whatever it is we want, we want it now.