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What Are the Most Common Signs of Menopause?
We explore the six most common symptoms of menopause and offer expert strategies to minimize their impacts.

What Is Menopause?
It's a natural part of a woman's life, not a disease, says our expert. Here's what to know.

What Is Perimenopause?
Many of the worst symptoms we associate with menopause actually occur during perimenopause.

What You Should Know About Menopause
This stage of life is often shrouded in mystery. But it doesn’t have to be.

Are We Half Human and Half Microbe?
Many experts have noted that our bacterial cells outnumber our human ones by about 10:1, but according to recent research, it might be more like 1:1.

The 7 Principles of Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace principles help us protect and care for our wild spaces.

How to Build Romance Through Gratitude
Genuine appreciation can increase intimacy in your relationship. Here's how.

The Benefits of Alkaline Water
Research suggests alkaline water may help lower blood pressure and cholesterol and moderate the effects of diabetes.

The Liberation of Less: Christine Platt
For the author, advocate, and Afrominimalist, there’s more than one way to live a simpler life.

Does Your Zip Code Determine Your Health?
Why social determinants, such as access to quality housing, education, and fresh food, can have an impact on your well-being.

Why Environmental Health Is Human Health
The health of the planet and of humans is one and the same.

The Rise of Animal Assisted Healthcare
"Biotherapy" involves using animals such as dogs, horses, and even worms to help healing.

What Does an Instinct Feel Like?
Warmth and clarity, fatigue or a sudden headache, are just a few signs of an intuitive "hit."

How Functional Medicine Came to the Military
A group of dedicated service members and physicians are bringing whole-person healthcare to the U.S. military to treat brain injuries, toxic exposures, gut dysbiosis, and more.

The Book of Delights
Poet Ross Gay spent a year chronicling what brought him joy in daily life. The surprise was how easy it was.
What You Need to Know About Automimmunity
Three experts talk about the autoimmunity epidemic — and how to reverse it.

Searching for Solitude in Joshua Tree National Park
An Experience Life editor travels to Joshua Tree in search of quiet. She finds something else.

Why Halotherapy Is Worth Its Salt
Halotherapy has been used for centuries around the world. Its healing benefits have sparked a new interest in salt pools, flotation tanks, and caves in the United States.

What Is SIBO, and How Is it Treated?
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is common in those with IBS. Here's what it is and how to treat it.

The Cost of Beauty
A former FDA chief recommends better regulation of personal-care products.

The Coconut Oil Kerfuffle
Why the recent AHA study demonizing coconut oil isn’t saying anything new.