Category: Health & Safety

How Dirty Is Your Toothbrush?

Toothbrushes may harbor illness-causing bacteria, but the way you store and care for your brush may influence its bacterial load significantly. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Your toothbrush serves as a reservoir for microorganisms and becomes contaminated with infectious organisms soon after its initial use. In both healthy people and those with oral disease, pathogenic bacteria and viruses…


Hidden Fluoride in Our Food, Medicine, and Environment

In this series, we explore the contentious findings surrounding fluoridation of the U.S. public water supply and answer the question of whether water fluoridation poses a risk and what we should do about it. Previously: Recent multi-year NIH-funded studies found fluoride exposure was linked to reduced IQ and ADHD in children, bringing up more concern…


Hidden Fluoride in Our Food, Medicine, and Environment, and Dose Matters

In this series, we explore the contentious findings surrounding fluoridation of the U.S. public water supply and answer the question of whether water fluoridation poses a risk and what we should do about it. Previously: Recent multi-year NIH-funded studies found fluoride exposure was linked to reduced IQ and ADHD in children, bringing up more concern…


Study of Popular Drinks Found 95 Percent Contained Plasticizers

Spanish researchers have found in a study of 75 drink samples that nearly all contained plasticizers—chemical coatings that give plastics their bendy and soft form—and the more sugar that a beverage, the more plasticizer it had. Plasticizers are polymer materials added to plastics for desired flexibility and durability, with bisphenol A, also known as BPA,…


Regulating Your Autonomic Nervous System: The Key to Treating Insomnia Without Reliance on Sleeping Pills

Have you ever had trouble falling asleep or staying asleep through the night? If you’ve experienced tossing and turning in bed for hours or waking in the middle of the night and struggling to fall back asleep, you might be dealing with autonomic dysfunction. In this article, Dr. Wu Guobin, the Taiwan Xinyitang Heart Clinic…


8 Foods and Nutrients That Can Lower Melanoma Risk

Melanoma is a serious type of skin cancer that develops when skin cells grow and divide uncontrollably. Although it is less common than other types of skin cancer, melanoma is often considered the most dangerous because it is more likely to spread to other parts of the body. Among the American population, the lifetime risk of…


How to Overcome Overthinking

Hello, I’m Conan Milner, and this is Words of Wellness. A show where we discuss health, from mind to body to spirit. The human mind is a powerful force that allows us to reason and problem-solve. But if the mind becomes obsessive and anxious, this power can turn against us. It might be the merry-go-round…


Court Rules Against Biden, Trump EPAs on Rocket Fuel Chemical Linked to Low IQ

The U.S. Court of Appeals has overruled the Trump and Biden administrations on how much of a rocket fuel chemical linked to IQ loss can be allowed in Americans’ drinking water. The case pitted the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The May 9 rulings from a three-judge panel hinged…


Positive Emotions Can Actually Harm You: Here’s How

While happiness can benefit your health in many ways, excessive joy can actually be harmful to your health. “There are cases of people who have suffered heart attacks when receiving very pleasant news but who have not been channeled in a calm way,” Isabel Suárez, a psychologist with over 25 years of experience and the head of…


Number 1 Herb to Detoxify From Heavy Metals

Amid recent studies showing that our household spices are rampant with heavy metals, including lead, aluminium, and mercury, health experts have highlighted that one of the best strategies for detoxifying from heavy metals is to consume more of a herb that can easily be added one’s diet with little expense—cilantro, otherwise known as coriander outside…