If You Cry While Watching Movies, It Is Probably A Sign Of Your Emotional Strength
Why do we cry in movies? Is this a sign of emotional weakness (hence hiding it from your friends) or an indicator of strength – evidence of emotional intelligence?
Alternative Medicine
What Is Acupressure Shiatsu?
Oftentimes, the rhythm of shiatsu technique and the acupressure point sequences form a dance-like movement that lulls the recipient into a deep state of relaxation.
Book Excerpt From "Adaptogens! Our Plant Partners For Peace In Changing Times”
A new book contains exquisite pencil-drawn translations of the late Marla Mazur-Carr’s conversations with these healing plants and how they wanted to be seen and heard.
Playing With Fire: Safer Ways To Fire Up Your Cannabis
Smokers tend to hide behind a smokescreen of denial in recognizing the risky business of inhaling ignition fumes from lighters or matches. Their foul odors alone should alert us that they are unsafe to breathe.
What You Do Every Day Matters: The Power Of Routines
The word “routine” can bring to mind words like mundane or ordinary. However, they can support cognitive function, boost health and provide meaningful activities and social opportunities.
How To Navigate Self-Managed Abortion Issues Such As Access, Wait Times And Complications – A Family Physician Explains
Self-managed medication abortion is medically safe, and there are many reliable resources available to help people through the process.
What Are Muscle Knots? An Exercise Physiologist Explains What Those Tight Little Lumps Are And How To Get Rid Of Them
While annoying, muscle knots are nothing to worry about. Simply stretching at the end of the day or going through some self-myofascial release techniques are simple ways to alleviate this issue.
Natural Remedies For Your Dog’s Skin Allergies
If your dog is constantly itching, scratching, and biting at his skin and fur, you'll want to try these natural solutions for your dog's skin allergies to help get him some relief.
Legal Jeopardy For Homeopathy
The belief that homeopathy is a fraud is unfortunately representative of the view held by those in mainstream medicine, who tend to be the same people who think supplements are useless. Both of these assertions are untrue.
What’s Cellulitis? A Dermatologist Explains
Your skin usually deflects any bacteria it encounters, protecting you from all sorts of infections. However, when you get a bug bite or a rash, some of that bacteria can sneak in, potentially causing serious consequences.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explains How To Safely Access Abortion Options Now
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday shrugged off condemnation from Republicans over the guidance she's offered to her millions of social media followers in recent days.
Boost Your Immunity With Fermented Garlic Honey
Garlic honey may not make your mouth water with anticipation, but once you read about its powerful health benefits you may decide it’s worth a taste.
Is It Safe To Use Coconut Oil For Tanning?
What about using coconut oil for tanning? Does it allow you to get a golden glow from the sun without any risks or side effects? Can you tan safely with it? This article will help to answer those questions.
What Is A Medication, Or Medical, Abortion? 5 Questions Answered By 3 Doctors
People have been self-managing their abortions for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. And all of the evidence that we have so far indicates that self-managed abortion using particular medications is very safe.
Smoking Cessation: 4 Tips To Naturally Stop Nicotine Cravings
There are many reasons one might want to stop smoking aside from developing illnesses. One reason may be that smoking traditional tobacco products has become quite expensive. Smokers that consume a pack daily can spend anywhere between $150 to $330 per month.
Make Your Own Jethro Kloss Healing Herbal Liniment
Some herbal preparations belong in every medicine cabinet. This trusted herbal liniment recipe is easy to make and can benefit anyone who needs relief from aches, pains, insect bites, poison ivy, bumps, and bruises.
The Dietary Supplement You’re Taking Could Be Tainted With Prescription Medications And Dangerous Hidden Ingredients
Many over-the-counter dietary supplement products – particularly those used for sexual enhancement and weight loss – are tainted with undisclosed pharmaceutical ingredients. So what are these hidden substances, and why do they matter?
What Is Monkeypox? A Microbiologist Explains What’s Known About This Smallpox Cousin
Monkeypox isn’t a new disease. Though rare and usually mild, monkeypox can still potentially cause severe illness. Health officials are concerned that more cases will arise with increased travel.
These 4 Strategies And Life Hacks Can Help Anyone With ADHD
For millions of adults throughout the world, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, best known as ADHD, is a persistent disorder that begins in childhood and is characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
14 Tips For Reducing Sundowning
If someone you care for has Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, you have probably seen them experience sundowning. The exact causes of aren’t fully understood, so it may not be possible to fully prevent it. But there are things you can do to reduce it.
Essential Oils For Hemorrhoids
Essential oils are a method of treating hemorrhoids that’s gaining more attention. Treating your hemorrhoids at home with essential oils is a fairly low-risk home remedy, and there are plenty of options to try.
Why We Can’t ‘Boost’ Our Way Out Of The COVID-19 Pandemic For The Long Term
The mRNA vaccines have prevented over 2 million people from dying and over 17 million from hospitalization. However, the vaccines have failed to provide long-term protective immunity to prevent breakthrough infections.
3 Easy Ways To Raise The Vibration In Your New Home
Moving into a new home can be life-changing. Especially if you’re a new homeowner, you may have found the whole experience a little overwhelming, and might get the sense that something is just not right in your new home.
What Is Palliative Care? How Is It Different From Hospice?
When most people hear the term palliative care, they look worried or confused. Introducing myself to patients and families as a palliative medicine physician, I commonly hear things like, “Does this mean I am dying?” or “I am not ready for hospice.”
Safe Harbor Bill Extension Status Update
Health Freedom Action Massachusetts (HFAMA) has been informed that its safe harbor bill, An Act Providing for Consumer Access to and the Right to Practice Complementary and Alternative Health Care Services, has been “formally extended to the end of the year.”
Daily Astrology
December 19, 2025
The morning hours are delightfully pleasant, if also a bit lazy. The Sagittarius Moon is conjunct Venus. Banter is lively. Flirtations can be highly amusing. Hopes are raised but follow through may fail to meet expectations...
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