Category: Health Conditions

Vaccine-Injured and Boosted Have Weaker, Overworked Immune Systems

In January 2022, Marco Cavaleri, Head of Vaccines Strategy at the European Medicines Agency raised concerns about frequent COVID-19 booster shots, as these vaccines can potentially overload people’s immune systems and tire them out, eventually weakening their immune responses. One month later, in February 2022, a Swedish total population cohort study was published in The…


Wellness Tourism: Retreat to Advance

At the end of July, Kristen Campbell announced that she would be hosting her first beach yoga retreat in October. In a week, it was fully booked. Campbell, owner of Cushing Yoga + Barre in Oklahoma, has attended dozens of wellness events and has regularly incorporated a specific schedule of retreating into her own lifestyle…


Direct Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Chronic Inflammation

In a world first, genetic research from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has demonstrated a direct link between low levels of vitamin D and high levels of inflammation, a finding which will help identify people at higher risk of chronic illnesses associated with inflammation. While inflammation is critical to the body’s healing process, if…


How to Recover From Retinal Hemorrhage or Detachment

Fundus hemorrhage, a condition also known as retinal hemorrhage, is where the blood vessels on the retina burst and bleed. When this condition takes place, there’s no visible abnormality on the outside. Although retinal hemorrhage isn’t likely to induce pain, it can impair a patient’s vision and cause visual field deficits. In extreme cases, a…


4 of the Tastiest Ways to Get More Calcium, From Ricotta Cheese to Leafy Greens

If the world of bone health had a mascot, calcium would be it. The mineral, after all, is a major structural component of bones (and teeth!). But, as it turns out, calcium’s role in the body doesn’t stop at your skeletal system. According to Susan Greeley, M.S., RDN, a registered dietitian and chef instructor at…


Chinese Red Dates: An Ancient Cancer Fighter

For 4,000 years, Chinese red dates, also known as jujubes, have been a staple in Chinese cuisine and a powerful tool in Chinese herbal medicine. Now research shows red dates help protect the brain and can make cancer cells self-destruct. Chinese Red Dates Kill Cancer Cells A lab study from 2018 in the journal Food and…


You Can’t Reabsorb Nutrients With a Deficient Spleen: 3 Ways to Restore It

According to Eastern traditions, your spleen and stomach are the two most important digestive organs in your body and vital to your gut. If they aren’t doing well, then issues with digestion might arise. As a result, you’ll often feel fatigued and have unhealthy skin. An unhealthy gut doesn’t only spell trouble for your digestion…


Vaccines Are Bringing Back a Nearly Eradicated Deadly Virus

Many people thought that the poliovirus was extinct across the majority of the world, as the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared many continents polio-free. So this may come as a surprise, but in fact, polio cases have been on the rise globally since 2016, and this resurgent outbreak is related to the use of…


Why Being Outside Is a Natural Way to Control Infections

The healing properties of fresh air have been appreciated since ancient times,1 when Pliny the Elder (A.D. 23–79) recommended that people with tuberculosis breathe in the air of evergreen forests. We now know that air happens to be high in ozone, a known germicidal agent.2 In more recent history, outdoor air was considered part of…


Stress Ages the Immune System: Study

We’ve all heard that too much stress can hurt our health. Stress contributes to ailments such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. Now, a study published on June 13 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), shows that years of accumulated stress can more rapidly age the immune system. This finding could…