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Health Benefits of Owning a Pet (AKA Your Brain on Puppy Hugs & Cat Cuddling)

Pets are a big deal in our culture, and that's a good thing considering there are plenty of health benefits of owning a pet. How do pets help humans? For starters, there's nothing quite like returning ...

Frequent Urination Causes and How to Stop

Frequent urination is a symptom of many conditions, and it can lead to sleep deprivation and affect your ability to work, exercise or perform daily functions. For people dealing with nocturia, or frequent urination in ...

Going Plastic-Free: 15+ Ways to Go Beyond Reusable Bags and Straws

Have you heard? It's raining plastic, making it more important than ever to focus on going plastic-free. Researchers are now detecting microplastics in the air, the rain, the seafood we eat, our bodies ... the list ...

Interstitial Cystitis: 6 Natural Ways to Help Relieve Bladder Pain

Approximately 3–6 percent of all women (3 to 8 million) living in the United States suffer from the painful pelvic condition called interstitial cystitis (IC). IC is much more common in women than in men, ...

What Is the Circadian Timing System? An Introduction to Chronobiology

Life has evolved to thrive in Earth’s specific environmental characteristics, of which the cycle of sunlight and nighttime is particularly pervasive. So, naturally, all living organisms are heavily influenced by this cycle. Humans are no ...

Major Study Finds Unhealthy Link Between Salt and Blood Pressure

Salt is a tricky subject. On the one hand, sodium is an important mineral that is involved in muscle contraction and the regulation of blood pressure, blood volume and nerve function. On the other hand, ...

Eating Too Little & Exercising Too Much? Risks of Female Athlete Triad

Does this situation sound familiar to you? A young woman loves to work out, practice a competitive sport and takes pride in taking care of her body. In order to maintain her lean body, she eats only enough calories ...

How to Get Rid of Vertigo

Have you ever felt like the world around you was suddenly spinning, that you couldn't manage to balance yourself or that you had unexplained ringing in your ears along with changes in your eyesight? If ...

Why ‘Diets’ Don’t Work & How to Avoid Starvation Mode

We all have powerful built-in biological mechanisms that kick in when we don’t get the energy (calories) we need from food. Under-eating for your body’s needs can trigger a primal drive to increase calorie intake, ...

Mitochondria: 10 Ways to Boost the Powerhouse of Your Cells

What are mitochondria, and how do they help us? Mitochondria are specialized structures found in cells. They participate in many cellular processes, but their most important function is to extract the energy that is stored ...