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8 Tips for Toxin-Free Clothing

By Experience Life Staff

Here are eight ways to avoid toxic dyes, pesticides, and even formaldehyde in your clothing.

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PUMPING IRONY: The Medicare Muddle

By Craig Cox

Navigating the Medicare enrollment process should be easy. It is not.

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Are Expiration Labels on Food Accurate?

By Heidi Wachter

What do “Sell By,” “Use By,” and “Best Before” labels actually mean? We break it down.

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PUMPING IRONY: Painful Repercussions

By Craig Cox

Financial stress during middle age can create physical pain in your later years, according to a new study. My own family’s experience suggests healing is possible.

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Why Do I Have Bad Breath?

By Mo Perry

Here are some root causes of bad breath — and what you can do about it.

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Mother’s Day Breakfast in Bed

By Maddie Augustin

Make this healthy, homemade breakfast spread as a Mother’s Day surprise — or anytime you want to treat someone you love.

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The Health Benefits of Chia Seeds

By Laine Bergeson Becco

Plus: How to eat them!

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40 Spices and Plant-Based Foods With Anti-Cancer Potential

By Pamela Weintraub

These spices and other foods may have preventive or even anti-cancer potential, according to Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD.

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How to Handle Friendship Conflict

By Jessie Sholl

One of the first steps? Realizing that conflict is normal.

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Op-Ed: A Moment of Pause About the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

By Molly Tynjala

An Experience Life staffer who recently received the J&J vaccine writes about her reaction to the news that the vaccine is being temporarily paused and investigated in connection to a rare blood-clotting disorder.

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COMING CLEAN: The Unlikely Activist

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

Our managing editor talks about how activism has helped — and challenged — her mental health.

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PUMPING IRONY: A Long-Term Rehab Project

By Craig Cox

COVID has drawn fresh attention to our broken long-term-care system, sparking some ambitious government initiatives. But recent research suggests there’s much more work to be done.

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The Science Behind the Stretch

By Andrew Heffernan

Why stretching goes beyond just muscles.

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9 Functional-Medicine Strategies to Help Treat Long-Haul COVID

By Mo Perry

Many people who have had COVID-19 still experience chronic issues. We talked to several functional-medicine doctors, and here’s what they recommend.

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PUMPING IRONY: A Detour on the Road to Dementia?

By Craig Cox

The latest thinking on Alzheimer’s disease suggests we may slow its development with diet and lifestyle shifts, but a recent harrowing experience has me wondering whether my brain is already too far gone — or if I just need to pay better attention to what I’m doing.

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3 Types of Stretching

By Andrew Heffernan

Building flexibility doesn’t have to be complicated.

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What Is Targeted Mobility?

By Andrew Heffernan

This new form of stretching can help close the gap between your passive and active range of motion.

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PUMPING IRONY: Reunion

By Craig Cox

Like many empty nesters, I often wonder what role I should be playing in my adult children’s lives. An unexpected visit from our daughter after months of silence provided some clarity.

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What Is Dynamic Stretching?

By Andrew Heffernan

If you’re looking to take your joints and muscles through their full range of motion, try dynamic stretching.

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PUMPING IRONY: Destined for Diabetes?

By Craig Cox

A prediabetes diagnosis can trigger all sorts of nightmarish scenarios, but mounting evidence suggests that seniors are a lot less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than we’ve been led to believe.

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What Is Static Stretching?

By Andrew Heffernan

The health benefits of static stretching depend on when you do it.

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