The next time you want to snap at someone to drive faster or crank up the heat to a gold-baking point, remember this elderly woman who found so much life and joy in the snow. A lot of us keep acting as though life is boring with very little thrills. We never feel like we…
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What looks like ginger, acts a little bit like turmeric, but actually has been shown to fight cancer like a champ and can even keep your brain healthy? You (probably haven’t) guessed it: galangal. This root, which is part of the ginger family, grows in various parts of Asia and is a staple herb in Thai cooking. The…
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Cigarette smoking kills more than 480 thousand Americans every year and remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. As of 2018, more than 34 million adults were current smokers, nearly fourteen percent of the population [1]. Maybe you are part of this statistic, or maybe you are one of the millions…
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Anyone who has worked in long-term care or has cared for an aging parent or grandparent knows how difficult the process of getting older can be. Diseases such as Alzheimers and dementia make caring for those people an even bigger challenge. Most often, a point is reached where family members are no longer capable of…
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Over the last few decades, the laws surrounding the use of cannabis, or marijuana, have been changing. Some states began adopting laws allowing for its medical use as early as the 1990s, and more recently certain states (Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and the District of Columbia) have rolled out new laws legalizing its recreational use…
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Anyone who has undergone a colonoscopy knows that it is a long and rather uncomfortable procedure. To prepare, many doctors advise the patients to undergo certain diet or fluid restrictions, often involving oral laxatives or limiting solid foods a few days prior to the test. The actual examination lasts for about 30–60 minutes, and the…
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Golden retrievers are arguably the best things that ever happened to humankind. To know a G.R. is to know love and compassion, exactly what we see from Milo, Hattie, Quinn, Jessie, Leo and Archie, six special dogs working to take care of nervous children who visit the hospital. These therapy dog-tors are part of an…
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Aging is a natural process, and there is barely anything that can be done to delay it. As a person ages, specific changes take place in the physical body as well as the brain. Cognitive ability is reduced, the memory becomes short-lived, and your decision-making skills are also hampered. You might enter a room and…
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Aging is a natural process, and there is barely anything that can be done to delay it. As a person ages, specific changes take place in the physical body as well as the brain. Cognitive ability is reduced, the memory becomes short-lived, and your decision-making skills are also hampered. You might enter a room and…
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The coronavirus that has infected nearly 300 people in Asia and killed at least six has arrived in the United States. Health officials have confirmed that a 30-year old man in Seattle, Washington, who recently traveled home from China, has contracted the virus. (1) The Coronavirus Outbreak This coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV and similar to…
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I love teeth. As I write this now, I can see my four wisdom teeth that I had pulled almost thirteen years ago just behind my computer. I like to keep them on my desk; they’re just fascinating. Did you know that—according to some holistic dentists as well as practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)—each…
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According to science, the secret to looking good and feeling good is not a product found in a health food store or makeup boutique. It’s something everyone already has access to, a tool that people often neglect and dismiss: sleep. That’s right. Beauty sleep has been proven to be a legitimate thing. The Sleep Survey…
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A hospital in the UK has admitted liability after a woman claimed she was left with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after remaining conscious during an operation. The patient, who is in her late 30s, went to the Yeovil District Hospital for a routine gynecological operation in 2018. When the medical team began operating on her, she says that…
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Women are often sensitive and moody — and that’s a good thing, according to Dr. Julie Holland. Yet many women choose to medicate themselves to get rid of their moodiness, because they are told it’s an issue that must be fixed. However, overprescribed medications create many consequences for its users in matters of sleep, sex,…
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