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Can the Common Cold Prime Our Immune System to Fight COVID?

By Mo Perry

Exposure to germs may help our B cells and T cells battle COVID later on.

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Can Bicycles Help Create a Better World?

By Michael Dregni

We often think of cycling in terms of personal health, but it has many social, economic, and environmental impacts.

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CLIMATE CHAMPION: One Tree Planted

By Elizabeth Millard

This transformative climate project — focused on reforestation strategy — offers surprising hope for the future.

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4 Tips for Tea Preparation

By Robert Hanson

Follow these suggestions to brew a perfect cup of tea.

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PUMPING IRONY: Home Healthcare Shakeup: Palliative or Predatory?

By Craig Cox

Health-insurance conglomerates are gobbling up home-healthcare companies, despite the industry’s inability to attract and retain workers. Early signs suggest that few of the benefits of these mergers will accrue to caregivers and their elderly clients.

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The Problem With Antimicrobial Cleaning Products

By Mo Perry

Surface transmission of COVID is rare. But, many of us are still using antimicrobial products to clean surfaces — and killing good bugs in the process.

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Should People With IBS, Leaky Gut, or Other Gut Issues Eat a Raw-Food Diet?

By Catherine Guthrie

If you have digestive challenges, a raw-foods diet might not be right for you. Here’s why.

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CLIMATE CHAMPIONS: GRID Alternatives

By Elizabeth Millard

This transformative climate project — focused on increasing access to solar energy — offers surprising hope for the future.

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7 Tips on Eating for Trauma Recovery

By Jessie Sholl

Cutting back on caffeine, eating magnesium-rich foods, and more can help support you while you are healing from chronic stress.

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A Field Guide to Potatoes

By Elizabeth Millard

Learn the features — and nutritional benefits — of five types of potatoes: French fingerlings, Peruvian purples, red potatoes, Yukon golds, and russets.

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How to Improve Vagal Tone

By Catherine Guthrie

Getting a massage, chanting, breathing deeply, and taking a cold shower can all help stimulate your vagus nerve.

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How Does EMDR Work?

By Quinton Skinner

No one is exactly sure how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing helps treat trauma, but here are three working theories.

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This is Your Vagus Nerve on Lockdown

By Catherine Guthrie

Here’s how a lack of social interaction and fear of COVID contagion affects your vagus nerve.

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Are the Carbs in Potatoes the Same as the Carbs in Sugar?

By Elizabeth Millard

In short, no. Potatoes contain a more complex form of carbohydrate called amylose, which digests more slowly than sugar.

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The Resilience Workout

By Andrew Heffernan

Try these five moves — half-kneeling press, suspension-trainer one-arm row, goblet squat, glute bridge, and suitcase carry — to build physical, mental, and emotional resilience.

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How Therapeutic Work — and Medication — Helped Gabrielle Bernstein Emerge from Trauma

By Gabrielle Bernstein

In her new book, Happy Days: The Guided Path from Trauma to Profound Freedom and Inner Peace, spiritual teacher Gabrielle Bernstein talks about how medication, when prescribed as part of a larger program of recovery and therapy, can help establish a safe baseline from which to do the deeper work.

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How Hydration Affects Spine Health

By Lauren Bedosky

It’s important to hydrate well — and nourish yourself with key nutrients — to keep your spine healthy. Here’s why.

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6 Exercises for a Healthy Spine

By Lauren Bedosky

Your spine is the literal backbone of your body, playing a key role in how well you move. These six exercises can help keep it strong, mobile, and healthy.

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Why Black Women Need Self-Care

By Oludara Adeeyo

Radical self-care practices are critical for healing ourselves and our communities, especially when it comes to Black women. Psychotherapist and social worker Oludara Adeeyo, the author of the new book Self-Care for Black Women, explains why — and offers a grounding exercise you can try today.

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The Scout’s Toolbox

By Quinton Skinner

Our defenses can blind us to information that we need to make good decisions. These six tips can help.

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How to Build Romance Through Gratitude

By Courtney Helgoe

Genuine appreciation can increase intimacy in your relationship. Here’s how.

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