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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.

Super Greens
Packed with phytonutrients, supergreens detox, nourish, and heal. Here’s how you can get more of them into your life.


The Healer Within
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.

Fun With Detox!
Pilar Gerasimo on how clearing things out — your diet, your home, your heart — can provide a fresh start.

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.

How Junk Food Inflames Us
Researchers show that eating processed junk food regularly is the highest cause of tissue inflammation.

Probiotics at Work
Your guide to making the most of your body’s beneficial bugs — for gut health, immunity, metabolism and more.

The Healing Power of Sleep
New science shows that sleep is essential to our mental and physical health — and most of us aren’t getting enough.
COMING CLEAN: Keeping My Immune System Strong
A bad cold virus is circulating, so senior editor Courtney Lewis Opdahl gives her immune system a boost.

The Health Benefits of Blood and Lab Testing
Direct-to-consumer lab testing gives us a chance to see our biochemical realities more clearly — sometimes with surprising results.

Get Your Groove Back
Dr. Frank Lipman on why finding your body’s natural sleep cycle and circadian rhythms is the key to strength, vitality and wellness.