Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Lori Barrette
When temperatures spike in the summer, it’s important to make sure you temper your workouts to stay safe, says Sandeep Mannava, a sports medicine specialist at University of Rochester Medicine.
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- Written by: Megan Lee
The more you diet, the more obsessed with food you become. Unfortunately, depriving ourselves of the foods we enjoy and exercising as a form of punishment is not a sustainable, long-term solution to weight loss.
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- Written by: Jonathan Goldman and Andi Goldman
In ancient tradition (Egypt), the humming sound of the bee was said to stimulate the release of super hormones known as the “Elixirs of Metamorphosis.” Doctors Meredith McCord and Jill Schumacher told us that the humming sounds of the bee resonate and stimulate various structures of the brain, including the pineal gland, pituitary gland, hypothalamus, and amygdala.
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- Written by: Anadi Martel
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the importance of light for our health and well-being has been confirmed by modern science. Today there is a great confluence of discovery and invention.
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- Written by: Vitaly Napadow
Acupuncture is a form of traditional medical therapy that originated in China several thousand years ago. Perhaps, they stumbled on an effective medical approach.
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- Written by: Joel Finkelstein
Since Richard Nixon famously called for an ‘all-out offensive’ on the war on drugs in 1971, the US government has funnelled a trillion dollars into the effort.
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- Written by: Elisa Lottor
People are living longer and healthier lives all over the world, unencumbered by pain and many of the afflictions we have come to associate with aging. These people don’t have to take pain medications, cholesterol medication, high blood pressure medication, or...
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- Written by: Ian Musgrave
There’s only one thing better than a hot cup of coffee in the morning: a new research paper telling you your daily habit is good for your health. Headlines presented the good news from the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
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- Written by: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Researchers have identified the electrical activity specific to the start of migraines and demonstrated a way to stop it in animal experiments.
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- Written by: Lisa Bortolotti
What is the best way to help people who have dementia? Many interventions are aimed at enabling them to retain self-defining memories and beliefs.
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- Written by: Clare Collins and Rebecca Williams
For some, jumping on the scales is a daily or weekly ritual; while others haven’t seen a set of scales for years.
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- Written by: Ellen Goldbaum
New research may be among the first to examine how low levels of vitamin D affect physical performance over the long term.
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- Written by: Christopher Stevens
Given the state our bodies are in after exercise, and what alcohol does to our system, drinking after sport is a bad idea.
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- Written by: Michael Freeman
Many people have an appearance of dark circles on the lower eyelids, and they have many different causes.
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- Written by: Amy Patterson Neubert
A recent study highlights that a Mediterranean-style eating pattern can enhance heart health, even when red meat is included, provided it is lean and unprocessed. This challenges traditional dietary guidelines that often recommend reducing red meat, showing that moderate consumption can still align with heart-healthy eating.
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- Written by: Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD
I sat quietly, listening to her pain-filled words. She had just been diagnosed with breast cancer and was in my office for preoperative cardiac evaluation. She began to sob softly. Why had good health eluded her even though she did everything right?
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- Written by: Clare Collins, Li Kheng Chai and Tracy Burrows
Eating habits develop in early childhood. Research shows eating patterns can continue into adolescence and then through to adulthood.
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- Written by: Alex Johnstone and Peter Morgan
Some media reports say that eating at night makes you gain weight, others say that it has no effect on body weight. So who is right?
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- Written by: Mark Guthridge
Around 200,000 people in Australia suffer from a debilitating illness often branded with the unfortunate name of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). I say “unfortunate” because this implies patients are simply tired, run-down, burnt-out or overly stressed.
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- Written by: Mary Mueller Shutan
Our past lives are intended to be in the background. We are not intended to be aware of them. If we are, they are likely unhealed, meaning that there is something about that lifetime that is creating restriction in your current body and life.
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- Written by: David Mutch
Omega-3 fats can be found in many food sources, including salmon, flax seeds and walnuts as well as over-the-counter supplements.
