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DIY Facial Lymphatic Massage
This easy self-care technique can help clear your head of congestion and sinus pressure.
Whole-Person Cancer Care
Why lifestyle-based therapies — including nutrition, exercise, acupuncture, and other alternative practices — are becoming essential components of traditional cancer treatment.
Anti-Anxiety Eating
These four nutritional strategies can help support a calmer state of mind.
How to Boost Your Thyroid
Functional-medicine doc Amy Myers, MD, outlines her 28-day plan to bring your thyroid back in balance.
A Guide to Improving Thyroid Health
This little gland can make or break your health and well-being.
How Sugar Affects Your Health
On average, Americans consume 22 teaspoons of sugar a day — which can fuel inflammation, candida overgrowth, and a variety of chronic diseases, including cancer. Here’s how to tame your sweet tooth.
Taking On the Allergy Epidemic
Health experts are uncovering new ways to help us build resistance to allergies despite the challenging environment, along with straightforward strategies to help us stay healthy.
Lyme Disease Expected to Spike This Year
Experts say 2017 will be a high-risk year for Lyme disease. Here’s what to do about it.
Taking Notes: Chronic Lyme Disease Summit
Three ways I’m looking at Lyme and tick-borne diseases differently now.
Statins May Reduce Effectiveness of Flu Vaccine in Seniors
Two new studies suggest cholesterol-lowering drugs could affect immune response.
A Drop of Blood Can Reveal Every Virus You’ve Ever Had
The new VirScan test may be used to create vaccines, track disease outbreaks — and more.
Gut Check: How an Aging Digestive System Can Affect Your Health
A new study finds that the older your gut, the more inflammation you may have.
The Health Benefits of Supergreens
Packed with phytonutrients, supergreens detox, nourish, and heal. Here’s how you can get more of them into your life.
How to Harness the Healing Power of Your Mind
Science has now confirmed that our thoughts and emotions have very real physiological consequences. What does this mean for medicine in the 21st century? Among other things, that many potions of choice might be produced by our minds and delivered without prescription drugs.
How to Build Your Immune System
Your body’s rapid-response defenses protect you from millions of would-be invaders daily. Here’s how you can help your immune system do its job.
Why Your Microbiome Matters
The microbiome is made up of trillions of organisms that live on and within you. And they can make or break your health.
Integrative Oncology: A Healthier Way to Fight Cancer
Integrative oncology enhances conventional treatment strategies. And its lessons could help more of us avoid cancer entirely.
Detox Diary
Intrepid staffer Heidi Wachter completes her first detox diet, and shares the ups, downs and life-altering lessons.
WEB EXTRA: Detox Diary Sample Recipes
A look at a typical day’s meal plan during Heidi Wachter’s elimination diet.
Pilar Gerasimo shares the health benefits of probiotics on WCCO-TV (Video)
The Experience Life editor in chief discusses good sources of naturally occurring probiotics.