Health

Without meds, my back and hip are, to my surprise and delight, nearly pain-free — Low back pain has dogged me since my mid-20s, moderate and annoying most days with the occasional must-lie-down-now episode that made me grumpy and ornery but got me out of yard work for a few days. In my late 40s, a dull ache emerged in my right hip, gradually growing…

Monkeypox cases are rising worldwide following the outbreak in 2022. Here’s what you should know. — Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV). It is a rare disease discovered in 1958 during an outbreak of pox-like illness in an animal facility in Copenhagen, Denmark. The first known human case occurred in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Monkeypox history from inception to the 2022 outbreak

VITAMIN K IS AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT central to bone and heart health and blood clotting. You have heard about the roles of vitamin D and calcium in optimizing your bone integrity, but do you know enough about vitamin K? Vitamins are several chemically unrelated organic substances that humans cannot make…

#3: Resisting change — We all experience painful emotions: From anxiety and grief to shame and resentment, emotional suffering is universal and unavoidable. And yet, how we respond to emotional suffering varies dramatically from person to person. For many people, emotional pain triggers a cascade of negative thoughts, self-defeating behavior, and increasingly painful emotions…

The two things you need to torch that stubborn fat. — Fat loss is frustrating. You do everything right, yet there are no results. For fast weight loss, you need to follow the science. If science can explain the vastness of this universe then surely it can give you a fully tested method for fat reduction without starving yourself. Here is…

Coffee on an empty stomach may cause bloating by increasing the quantity of acid in the stomach. Such studies are not new to us, but there are other practices that might harm our digestive systems that we are ignorant of. We don’t typically consider our digestive system and how complicated…