The experience of living with fibromyalgia has been compared to living alone on an island. Whatever sense of isolation patients feel is compounded by the fact that some persist in believing the condition exists solely in…
When you think of dangerous jobs, reality TV shows like the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch or Ice Road Truckers might leap to mind. It’s certainly true that commercial fishing and trucking are among the top 25…
Some causes and effects are more subtle than others. To illustrate the causal connection between sugar and joint pain, it would be helpful if someone were to take a bite out of a triple-glazed donut and immediately collapse to the ground…
Ask most people how exercise helps our bodies get rid of environmental toxins and they’ll give you the same answer: sweat. Boosted by the historical use of sweat lodges and Scandinavian saunas…
Based on the number of t-shirts on the topic available online, 2020 may be the year that ‘day drinking’ became a thing. It’s not surprising. Between the pandemic, the subsequent economic shutdown…
As fall turns into winter, the message is almost impossible to avoid. Television ads, radio spots and signs at local pharmacies echo the same refrain: get your flu shot…
Picture this: It’s dessert time after a sumptuous holiday meal and the family is gathered around the table. Your uncle turns to your grandmother and says, “Mom, can you please pass some of that delicious depression?”
Acupuncturist and MS Survivor Michael Cawley Shares His Experience and Observations, he was done with zeolite – or so he thought. After testing various forms on himself and observing…
Of all the reasons to lose weight, avoiding the flu may seem the least relevant. In most surveys of what motivates people to explore diets, it doesn’t make the top five. Instead, those include factors…
As any fan of the Netflix series The Crown can tell you, in 1952 London was beset with a mysterious ‘killer fog.’ A combination of windless conditions, unusually cold weather and airborne pollutants…