(Dr. Joseph Mercola) Flotation therapy has been linked to a wide variety of beneficial effects, including stress reduction, reduced anxiety and depression, pain relief, reduced inflammation, improvements in chronic fatigue and symptoms associated with burnout. It has been shown to increase creativity, deepen meditative states and enhance sports performance. It also has enormous potential in the treatment of traumatic brain injuries — by resetting the neuroendocrine system.
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What Are Prebiotics? A Detailed Look at Prebiotic Foods and Fiber
(Kimberly Yawitz) You may have heard of probiotics, but do you know about prebiotics?
Dehydration Causes Your Brain Swell, Making It Harder for You to Complete Everyday Tasks
(Mary Miller) Did you know that dehydration can cause both physical and mental changes to the body?
Mediterranean Diet Reduces Inflammation and Degradation of Cartilage in Osteoarthritis Patients
(Zoey Sky) Patients with osteoarthritis often rely on medication to manage the painful symptoms of the disease. These drugs often include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and analgesics. While the medication can offer short-term benefits such as pain management, these drugs still can’t halt the progression of osteoarthritis. If the study is successful, patients with the condition can have a safer alternative to help them manage their condition since the use of NSAIDs are linked to various adverse side effects.
Study Links Autistic Children Back to Mothers Who Had Chronic Respiratory Ailments, Inflammation During Pregnancy
(Janine Acero) Clinical trials have shown an association between the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and maternal immune activation (MIA), an active immune response after an infectious exposure during pregnancy, but this study is the first one to examine its link to an increase in behavioral abnormalities in children.
Why Burgers Are Bad for You: Study Shows Processed Food and Toxic Ingredients Cause Cancer
(Zoey Sky) Are you overweight? Do you smoke a lot? Do you always eat fast food burgers and tons of sweets? If you answered yes to one or both of these questions, it may be time to make some lifestyle changes.
How Different Emotions Affect Your Health
How Different Emotions Affect Your Health
Study Shows That Household Cleaning Sprays Are as Bad for Your Lungs as Cigarettes
(Edsel Cook) The chemicals you use to clean your home or office every day are extremely harmful for your health. Norwegian researchers warned that daily exposure to these household cleaning sprays is like smoking an entire pack of cigarettes each day, an article in the University of Bergen news page reported.
Your Vagina Is More Beautiful Than You Think — Body Dysmorphia and Distorted Beauty Standards Causing Suffering
(Joe Martino) It was 11 years ago and I was in a big documentary phase. I had watched hundreds of documentaries in a single year as I had come to realize the world around me was not quite what it seemed, and I was thirsty for knowledge.
Did a Military Experimental Vaccine in 1918 Kill 50-100 Million People Blamed as “Spanish Flu”? Part 1
(Kevin Barry) The 1918-19 bacterial vaccine experiment may have killed 50-100 million people
Stage 4 No More: Going Vegan and Stopping Chemo Resulted in One Man Becoming Cancer-Free
(Rita Winters) Health is defined by our daily activities and the food we eat. It’s a well-known fact that eating too much sugary foods and junk foods results in obesity, as well as chronic illnesses such as heart diseases, diabetes, and cancer. Now one man from Las Vegas managed to defeat a terminal disease, without the help of conventional medicine, by plainly going for a healthier diet.
Music and Your Brain: Scientists Seek to Understand How Your Memory of Music Affects Your Brain
(Michelle Simmons) A team of researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne(EFPL) discovered how the memory of music affects the brain. The EFPL team carried out the study through the use of EFPL’s Defitech Foundation Chair in Human-Machine Interface (CNBI) to look at how the brain works when imaginary music is played in the head.
World’s Most Popular Cereals Contain Ingredients That Are Registered with EPA as “Biopesticides”
(S.D. Wells) Biopesticides are particular types of pesticides, derived from the bacteria in plants and animals, that kill insects. Scientists in laboratories insert the genes of these bacterial pesticides into the DNA sequences of seedlings (i.e. Mycogen seeds) of our most popular crops, like corn, soy, and canola, and then claim they’re all totally safe for human consumption, even though they dissolve the digestive tracts and destroy the reproductive capabilities of worms, beetles, frogs, bees, birds, and just about anything else that eats them.
Why Laughing Is Healthy: Laughter Is the Best Medicine When It Comes to Heart Health
(Mary Miller) Laughter doesn’t cost a single cent. It comes freely and helps a person deal with life’s absurdities. Sometimes, a good joke is all you need to perk right up after a downward slump, but laughter can do a lot more than just make you feel good. It turns out that regularly tickling your metaphorical funny bone with a good joke is one of the easiest ways to maintain a healthy heart.
Could Consciousness All Come Down to the Way Things Vibrate?
(Tam Hunt) Why is my awareness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for each of us, into a subject and an infinity of objects? How is each of us our own center of experience, receiving information about the rest of the world out there? Why are some things conscious and others apparently not? Is a rat conscious? A gnat? A bacterium?