UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty wrote in a New York Times op-ed Friday that the for-profit U.S. healthcare system "does not work as well as it should" and that "no one would design a system like the one we have," admissions that came as his industry faced a torrent of public anger.
You might not give much thought to your toilet habits, but the way you sit on the throne significantly impacts your digestive health. If you're struggling with constipation, the solution may be simpler than you think.
Drawing from over 15 years of research, advocacy, and practical application, these five proven strategies can transform your children’s long-term physical and mental well-being. Making the added effort while they are still living in your house will pay untold dividends in their future lives.
In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it. And perhaps most worrisome, it often poses the greatest risk in the one place people feel safest: inside their homes.
Yoga may have originated in ancient India, but today is practiced all over the world. In the United States, it was philosophers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau who first engaged with the philosophy of yoga in the 1830s. Yoga gained a wider American audience only in the late 1800s.
There is no greater kindness you can perform towards yourself or the world than advancing your own self-healing. When you heal, that means the world heals, too! Even if it’s just a tiny little bit, it matters to you and to us. Here’s some practical tips to help build confidence in your self-healing skill.
Chaga is one of the most misunderstood organisms on Earth. While there is vast information available on the internet covering chaga’s health benefits, the same cannot be said about information on chaga’s ecology and life cycle.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have simple and effective stress-releasing tools available to you during this tense election season? Fortunately, you do have access to these tools and they exist within your own two hands!
The causes of eczema remain unclear, however, it often correlates as a strong risk factor for food allergies. Because the two are so closely linked, accidentally consuming a suspected allergen can trigger an eczema flare.
An estimated 70 million American adults have a sleep disorder, the most common of which is insomnia — the inability to fall asleep, or waking up one or more times during the night. If you’re in this category, despair not, because the list of strategies to improve your sleep is long.
Aspirin is a staple in medicine cabinets worldwide, known primarily for its pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory properties. However, recent research is shedding light on a potentially game-changing role for this common medication: cancer prevention and treatment.
Researchers believe the rise in IBS is linked to dietary changes, as more people are now eating primarily processed foods high in sugars and synthetic chemicals.
Some say that ground zero for the pandemic was a live animal market in Wuhan, China. Others argue that SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that causes COVID) leaked from a nearby laboratory that was studying similar viruses. Both are plausible scenarios.
Canker sores can be a real pain. These small, shallow ulcers appear inside your mouth and can make eating, drinking and even talking challenging. While they usually heal on their own, the discomfort they cause can be frustrating. Fortunately, there are numerous natural treatments to speed up healing and alleviate the pain.
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) was named for the level of freedom it creates in addressing our emotions. It is also known as “tapping,” because we tap on endpoints of the meridian system moving energy throughout our body to reduce anxious or stressful feelings immediately.
At the root of Chinese medicine is a connection to nature. To understand what it means to be a healthy human, the practitioners of old looked to the patterns of nature. The ancient Chinese understood that we are intimately connected to the land we inhabit, and if it is out of balance, we also become out of balance.
Anxiety manifests in various forms, including generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic attacks, social anxiety, and more. Each type may require different approaches and supplements. Identifying your specific symptoms will help you choose a supplement that targets your needs effectively.
I went from feeling out of control in my body to having choice about my own healing. I had to cultivate a relationship of listening to my body and trusting what it had to say. Once I could talk to my body, it responded to the treatment forms I chose to focus on.
Homeopathy is a safe, gentle, and natural science of healing, which stimulates and strengthens the vital force using the energy of highly diluted substances found in nature. Homeopathy cures via The Law of Similars — "like cures like" at the root cause, while allopathy cures using The Law of Opposites — ridding the body of symptoms using "anti" medicines.
Acid reflux occurs when contents from your stomach back up into your esophagus, causing stomach acid to irritate the lining of your esophagus. Acid reflux is typically caused by a deficiency in stomach acid, not excess. Instead of antacid medications, consider these non-drug alternatives for occasional heartburn relief.
Seaweed, the colourful macroalgae that grows in the ocean, is a food source for marine life and humans. Each type of seaweed has a unique set of nutrients and can boost vitamin and mineral intake if eaten regularly.
In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike, or leaf-peep, but to arrange to die.
Traveling can be exciting, but for the 200 million people worldwide with food allergies, it also presents safety concerns, especially when flying is involved. Airlines cannot guarantee an allergen-free flight, and at 30,000 feet with limited medical resources, an allergic reaction can quickly become life-threatening.
The problem with bifocals and progressives is you can only see from a very specific part of the glasses, so that locks your eyes into that one position, and it’s also locking up your posture.
After prism adaptation therapy, the ability of most patients to aim movements toward the neglected side is greatly improved. Our therapists have measured the increase in leftward movements after even one treatment
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