By GMI Reporter Do your eyes frequently ache after staring at your tablet or smartphone? It’s not just the strain of looking at a small screen. It may be a sign of irreversible damage being done to your eyes—cellular damage that can lead to blindness…
By Rosanne Lindsay, Naturopath Spring has sprung! ‘Tis the season for rebirth and regeneration. Spring is ruled by the wood element which is associated with the liver and its complementary organ, the gallbladder. What better time to reset and rejuvenate body, mind, and spirit than through the…
By Paul Levy, University of Brighton Just as other brand names make their way into the dictionary, Zoom has now become a daily verb and a noun. We Zoom each other, we say “Let’s have a Zoom,” and we get Zoom fatigue. Now there’s Zoom…
By Micha Gartz Before Covid, an American youth died by suicide every six hours. Suicide is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death for those aged under 25 — one far bigger than Covid. And it is something that we have…
By Brad Polumbo Billions of people across the globe continue to live under COVID-19 lockdowns or heavily-restricted life. And for almost all of us, life amid the pandemic in 2020 was an isolating and difficult year. Yet doctors are warning that children in particular are…
By Rosanne Lindsay, Naturopath If you pay attention, you can connect the dots of prophets in the media who proclaim to know the course of humanity. You can identify them by their predictions. By the looks of things, the course of humanity appears to be…
By Manal Mohammed, University of Westminster The use of hand sanitisers and other antibacterial and antiviral cleaning products has sharply increased worldwide since the pandemic started – and may be here to stay. While this has no doubt helped reduce the transmission of the novel…
Magic mushrooms. Confess nothing, but many people may already be familiar with the psychedelic effects of specific types of mushrooms. And when it comes to using psychedelics, it is either a love or hate relationship. Some people find the hallucinatory state of being upsetting and…
By Tyler Durden There’s no question that the virus pandemic has impacted the younger generation that could deeply scar them, mentally and physically, for years. More than one year since the pandemic began, UNICEF warns, “progress has gone backward across virtually every key measure of…
By Michail Georgiou, Glasgow Caledonian University and Sebastien Chastin, Glasgow Caledonian University We know that people are more likely to experience mental health disorders in areas with greater population density. Overcrowding, pollution, urban violence and less social support may all be contributing factors, and this…
By Rosanne Lindsay, Naturopath Reality is built on perception. People’s perceptions create both their personal reality as well as the greater collective reality, when combined with others. Either way, your experience is your reality. Perception precedes reality. – Andy Warhol Food for Thought Image by…
By Megan Redshaw, J.D., Children’s Health Defense A new peer-reviewed article links phthalates, a group of neurotoxic chemicals found in hundreds of consumer products including toys, floor coverings and food packaging, to long-lasting neurodevelopmental harm in fetuses, infants and children. The authors of the study,…
By John Axelsson, Karolinska Institutet and Tina Sundelin, Stockholm University Some people swear by an afternoon nap – whether it’s to catch up on lost sleep or to help them feel more alert for the afternoon ahead. Even Boris Johnson supposedly favours a power nap…
By Derrick Broze I recently sat down with my friend Natalie to talk about her son Ravion and his ongoing battle against Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Please listen to this interview and consider supporting Ravion in his fight against Duchenne muscular dystrophy however you can! A…
By Dr. Diane Fulton Making small changes to promote healthy sleep can dramatically improve your health and longevity, including leading to a 42% lower risk of heart failure There is growing research linking sleep habits with heart health. A healthy sleep pattern for most people,…
By Kerry McDonald Loneliness among Americans has been growing in recent years, but the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically exacerbated the problem. A new report by Harvard University researchers finds that 36 percent of Americans are experiencing “serious loneliness,” and some groups,…
by Children’s Health Defense Team, The Defender In mid-January, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved requests from two southern states (Georgia and Tennessee) asking for an emergency exemption that would allow them to aerosolize selected indoor spaces with an antiviral “air treatment” called Grignard Pure. Grignard Pure…
By Amanda Ellison, Durham University Everyone experiences headaches. From dull throbbing dehydration headaches to incapacitating migraines, a sore head is an extremely common complaint. This is perhaps especially true at the moment. COVID-19 can cause them, as can sitting at desks for too long and…
By Amanda Froelich What does it mean to be “grounded”? When I am asked this question, my go-to response suggests the following: Feeling wholesomely present, not as if your “head is in the clouds” (think tethered to the Earth) Grounded energetically, meaning you feel as…
By Ciara McCabe, University of Reading The pandemic has taken its toll on many peoples’ mental health. Given the fear of the virus and the government restrictions on movement many may understandably be feeling more lonely, anxious, and depressed than usual. The World Health Organization…
