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Cycles of Life: Tuning Up Your Health with Sound

Jun 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Jonathan Adams

Delta < 4 Hz Associated with deep, dreamless sleep. Brains of Buddhist Monks and advanced meditation practitioners have also measured in this state during meditation.

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Resilient Mothering: How Moms Are Forging Ahead in a Changing World

May 02, 2022 06:00AM ● By Carrie Jackson

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, almost 70 percent of mothers say that worry and stress from the pandemic have damaged their mental health.

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Fending Off Fibroids: Natural Approaches Offer Relief

May 02, 2022 06:00AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Optimal reproductive health is key to our vitality, which is why living with uterine fibroids can be debilitating. Studies indicate that as many as 80 percent of American women develop these non-cancerous growths during their childbearing years.

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Buzz-Free Drinking: The Healthy Rise of Non-Alcoholic Beverages

Mar 31, 2022 09:30AM ● By Ronica O’Hara

The “sober-curious”—people experimenting with alcohol-free beverages as a way of prioritizing their health and fitness over a short-lived buzz—are changing America’s drinking culture.

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Burnout Recovery: Ways to Reset and Find Balance

Mar 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Ronica O’Hara

Among American employees, 52 percent reported feeling burned out in a March 2021 study, with two-thirds saying it had worsened during the pandemic. Belgian researchers found parental burnout in the U.S. to be among the highest in the world—even before COVID-19 closed schools.

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Herbs, Teas and Tinctures: Are They Doing You More Harm Than Good?

Mar 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Diane Eaton

The methods that manufacturers use to transform a botanical into a consumable form can have a big impact on the product’s quality. Tinctures, for example, require an extraction process to pull out the beneficial phytochemicals from the plant.

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Sound Therapy Begins to Resonate in Corporate America

Mar 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Sandra Bolan

Sound therapy, also known as sound healing or sound vibrational therapy, is defined as “sound, music and special instruments played in therapeutic ways, combined with deep self-reflection techniques to improve health and well-being,” according to the British Academy of Sound Therapy.

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The Heart-Mind Connection: How Thoughts & Emotions Affect Our Heart Health

Feb 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Ronica O’Hara

Two emerging fields are probing the mind-heart connection: neurocardiology, which studies their neurological interplay; and behavioral cardiology, which examines how psychological and social factors lead to heart disease.

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Truly Making Love: Sex and Intimacy as a Healing Force

Feb 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Through lovemaking, we can harness our life force, and according to abundant research, reduce the risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure, manage pain and improve brain health.

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High Times for the Cannabis Industry: Emerging Trends with a COVID-19 Caveat

Jan 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Jim Motavalli

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the active ingredient in marijuana that gets the user high. The natural compound CBD—said to have healing and pain/anxiety relief properties—is being heavily marketed in the form of oils, edibles (including gummy bears and lollipops), oral sprays, creams and pills.

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Health in the New Year: 10 Top Wellness Trends for 2022

Jan 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Sandra Yeyati

According to management consultants McKinsey and Company, when COVID-19 began, the level of telemedicine increased in America 78-fold, peaking in April 2020. Although it has been declining since then, the use of telemedicine is still at a 38-fold increase compared to pre-pandemic times.

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Amp Up Immunity: Proven Boosters for Good Health

Dec 02, 2021 06:00AM ● By Ronica O’Hara

Polish researchers found that rowing team athletes given 500 milligrams of astragalus root extract each day for six weeks had immune systems that recovered faster after strenuous exercise.

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