For decades, the standard approach to treating constipation involved high-fiber diets or over-the-counter laxatives. Yet, one recent study found that eating a small, nutrient-dense fruit — kiwifruit — offers surprising benefits in easing this common bowel issue.
Rather than simply surviving winter, we can approach it as a season to learn, adapt and deepen resilience. Making time your ally, seeking wonder outdoors, cultivating joy and practicing meditation and mindfulness are all ways to engage meaningfully with the season.
If you're trying to use hot baths as a natural therapy to boost your circulation, lower inflammation, or support immune function, you're on the right track — but only if you're smart about how you do it.
When students are taught about shame, the goal is to help future physicians recognize the emotion in themselves and others, so they don’t perpetuate the cycle. Shame remains “a crack in your armor you don’t want to show. Heaven forbid you act like you’re not capable or show fear.
Nearly 80,000 adults from different backgrounds were followed for close to two decades, as researchers looked beyond step counts to ask a deeper question — could the pace of your walk reveal more about its impact on your health and longevity than time alone?
Many people keep Benadryl in their medicine cabinet because it's what they grew up with. Few stop to question whether the drug itself has kept pace with modern science or whether newer options could offer the same relief without the risks.
Once we pass around 60, the systems in the brain and body that govern thirst lose their previous sensitivity. The hypothalamic osmoreceptors that once reacted quickly to rising sodium levels or falling fluid volume just don’t sound the alarm the way they used to.
Understanding this whole-body experience of grief helps us see why plant allies can offer such meaningful support. Herbs work with multiple systems simultaneously, addressing both the physical manifestations of grief and the emotional weight we carry.
When it comes to health, the questions we are willing to ask, matter. A lot. When we begin to wonder what is happening to us and why, we learn through trial and error how to ask good questions without foreclosing on an answer out of fear.
Understanding what’s really behind your stomach distress isn’t just about curiosity — it determines how you recover and whether you're still contagious. Learn the real differences between these two gut-wrenching conditions.
Plants have had to deal with natural pathogens such as fungi and bacterial for millennia, and during that time have learned to successfully defend themselves by producing natural bactericides and fungicides among other important substances. These defensive substances not only benefit plants, but humans as well.
We can’t make every healthcare and beauty product ourselves, but many products we can make at home, and lower our exposure to toxins. This allows one to customize any product to exactly what they need, especially for those with allergies and sensitivities that commercial products can make worse.
Pilates fosters focus, strengthens memory, and helps regulate stress responses. In a world saturated with constant stimuli and distractions, this practice becomes more than exercise; it becomes a tool for sustaining mental clarity and emotional resilience.
What gives honey its healing power? The natural healing properties of honey begin with the work of honeybees and their carefully maintained environments. Bees collect nectars from plants, where they add their own enzymes during the collection and storage process.
The greatest threat to the medical industry isn’t a competitor. It’s the informed individual, someone who no longer waits to be “saved,” no longer accepts decline as normal, and no longer forgets that biology was built for resilience.
Every step in the coffee process, from farming to brewing, has an environmental cost. But with thoughtful adjustments, that cost can be reduced. Whether you’re buying beans or choosing a brewing method, choose options that reflect your sustainability goals.
Our skin tells the story of our life. Skin is a symbol of vulnerability and strength, boundary and belonging. It is our frontline with the world — an energetic and physical barrier that communicates who we are.
Your immune system has many methods of keeping your body safe. One prominent part of it is the lymphatic system, which contains specialized tissues called lymph nodes positioned throughout your body.
No one wants to spend time fighting their health insurance company. Many people feel they don’t have the knowledge or stamina to do it. But if you’re denied for a preventive service, it may be worth it. Health Care Helpline helps you navigate the health system hurdles between you and good care.
Pelvic discomfort, bladder leaks, and chronic constipation are signs your body is asking for help. Yet millions of women brush these symptoms aside, assuming they’re just part of aging or the aftermath of childbirth. That…
Along with the use of essential oils in aromatherapy, the practice of smudging is a tradition that has been maintained for thousands of years, since human beings first discovered fire and how to use it for their own purposes.
The closer you live to a golf course, the greater your likelihood of developing Parkinson's. Specifically, your odds nearly double when residing less than a mile from these chemically maintained spaces compared to living further away.
Once you understand what’s pulling mosquitoes in, you can start to shut those signals off. Whether it’s your choice of skincare, your wardrobe, or the invisible markers on your skin, small changes dramatically shift how often you’re targeted.
Each of these practices is simple, yet deeply transformative. They can be used on their own, or integrated throughout your day, such as before a stressful meeting, upon waking or before bedtime, in the car during errands, or when doom-scrolling and overwhelmed by the news.
In some states that have enacted such laws, initial participation by doulas was low because Medicaid reimbursement rates weren’t high enough. Nationally, doula reimbursement rates are improving.
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