For nearly all of human history, our ancestors lived in constant contact with the natural world. Bare feet on soil. Skin under open sky. Lungs full of air that moved with the weather instead of a fan belt. This medicine has been here the whole time, waiting for us to come back outside.
Suppressing tics can be distracting and exhausting, yet decades of research has shown that tic suppression can be strengthened and used therapeutically.
What’s important to remember, however, is that the goal isn’t simply to take fewer antibiotics but to use them for the shortest amount of time that has been shown to safely and effectively treat a particular infection.
The most common mistake people make about TCM and Western nutrition science is treating them as rival answers to the same question. They are answers to two different questions, and once you see that, most of the apparent conflict dissolves.
Many of us live with a nervous system that is constantly on alert. We move quickly from one responsibility to the next, often carrying worry, grief, self-judgment, or emotional exhaustion without realizing how deeply these experiences affect our body and spirit.
A realistic starting routine looks like this: hip flexor stretch, both sides, morning and evening; glute bridges, ten to fifteen reps, two to three sets, once daily; and a movement break every 30 to 45 minutes during long periods of sitting.
If demanding spatial thinking protects the brain, then how societies design schooling, professional training and retirement all become questions of brain health.
Working to dry up the fluid caused by wet AMD, my TCM practitioner compounded an effective combination of herbs that directly addressed the issues I was experiencing, treating both liver and eyes, and balancing my entire body.
A muscle that's become too long and weak needs to be strengthened. A muscle that's become too short and tight needs to be released and lengthened. Restoring the body's natural balance doesn't require complicated procedures, expensive equipment, or a lifetime of pain management.
Remember a time in your life when imagination came to you as a free and easy way to create the world around you — perhaps, when you were a child without a care in the world or other moments of clarity and excitement you may have experienced. Think back on those days of daydreams.
The American colonists were friends with affliction and shared their suffering socially, in writing and conversation.
Sounding sacred tones and mantras affects the physical body, including our nervous system, our cells, our molecules, and even our DNA. Sound can resonate and affect our chakras and related aspects of our subtle anatomy. The power of sound to influence us should not be underestimated.
We need to receive natural light through our eyes in the early hours of the day, and again as the sun is going down. Our hormonal systems, nervous systems — in fact, our whole wonderfully orchestrated inner terrain — relies on the signals provided by the different qualities of light at those times.
Ikea stopped selling "quartz" countertops in 2025. Home Depot, Lowe’s and Costco are still selling crystalline silica products as of June 2026. Consumers are generally not aware of the alternatives.
The growing movement toward mercury-free dentistry is gaining ground. There is an action alert at the end of this article. A national push to ban mercury fillings is underway, and public comments to federal regulators could help decide whether this outdated practice finally disappears from U.S. dentistry.
You can sit in a quiet room, feel completely safe, and still notice your chest tighten or your breath turn shallow. You know nothing is wrong. Your body disagrees. That disconnect, between what your mind understands and what your nervous system keeps doing, is what somatic therapy targets.
The Sun Salutation consists of 12 postures moving in and out of each other with synchronized breath, flowing together as one movement, much like a dance or a meditation in motion.
Motion sickness is typically triggered by slow, up-and-down and left-to-right movements. The more pronounced the motion, the more likely we are to get sick. But why doesn’t it affect everyone?
Hantaviruses do not begin in hospitals or airports. They circulate in animal reservoirs whose ranges are shaped by climate, land use and human encroachment.
A twelve-year-old today has a different life. The library card has been replaced by a piece of glass that knows them better than their grandmother does, that follows them to bed and wakes up before they do, and that has been engineered, with the same techniques I learned decades ago in advertising and broadcasting, to keep their eyes on it for as many hours as possible.
Your gut microbiome, the trillions of bacteria lining your digestive tract, doesn't just help you digest food. It plays a role in metabolic regulation, immune development, and processes ranging from inflammation to blood sugar control.
How many deaths could be prevented if people moved just five to 10 more minutes per day or sat 30 to 60 minutes less? This isn't about marathon training. It's about realistic, bite-sized changes that fit into your current routine.
When we stop moving, bones interpret it as a signal that they’re no longer needed and begin to fade away. When we challenge them, they thicken, harden, and renew themselves. Even in old age, this feedback loop can be reawakened.
Chemicals may get into tampons and other menstrual products in a number of ways; we found lead present in all 30 tampons we tested.
Seemingly harmless habits can have unintended consequences. When something as simple as a pillow starts affecting the body in ways most people never consider, it’s worth paying attention — especially for older adults who are keeping an “eye” on their health.
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