Turmeric Could be the “Perfect Painkiller”
A 2016 study thoroughly investigated the effectiveness of turmeric as a painkiller, and found that it significantly (and safely!) reduced pain. This conclusive analysis...
Light Up Your Libido … With Light Therapy
The proven benefits of light therapy are many … sleep disorders, jet lag, and seasonal affective disorder (SAD). This non-pharmacological treatment is administered through...
Did You Know… Negative Thoughts Can Harm Your Health?
The power of your mind to influence your health is perhaps best demonstrated by the placebo effect. That’s the ability of a fake treatment—such...
Time to Get in Shape and Hit the … Hot Bath?!
A fascinating set of findings recently published in the journal Temperature make the case that a hot bath could offer similar benefits to moderate...
How Mindfulness Meditation Protects You From Nearly Every Disease
Did You Know…
…mindfulness meditation may help reduce inflammation and associated disease risks?
Numerous studies have shown that mindfulness meditation can help reduce stress, depression, PTSD,...
This Simple Trick Rewires Your Brain for Happiness
Psychologists often used imagery techniques to help patients, especially those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), overcome negative emotions. According to a recent study, we...
The All-Natural Headache Cure That Works as Well as Top-Selling Migraine Drugs
There’s a familiar pattern to the way alternative treatment move from the underground to the mainstream. A key moment in this pattern is when...
Have a Headache? Listen to This!
Believe it or not, the key to getting relief from migraines may be found in noise—at least, if the noise is in the form...
One School’s Surprising Experiment in Mindfulness
A radical new approach put in practice at Robert W. Coleman Elementary School has turned a spotlight on the West Baltimore school. Rather than...
A Gift from the Trees How Maple Syrup Extract Fights Superbugs
Around the globe, experts are sounding the alarms about antibiotic resistance—that is, when antibiotics that used to save lives are no longer effective against...