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Health Supplements Pain

How opioids sabotage your ‘feel good’ receptors to make pain worse

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Portrait of troubled ill young woman sitting at home holding glass of water and reading discription of medication in her hand

Emotional pain can cause chronic pain and chronic pain can cause emotional pain. It’s a bidirectional relationship that’s made worse when opioids enter the mix. So, while taking these painkillers can make you feel better early on, over time, they only make your problems worse.

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Immune Health Immune System Respiratory Health

Allergies in the wintertime: Weather as a trigger

Allergies in the wintertime: weather as a trigger
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For some people, allergies can be an issue year-round. Even when there’s frost on the ground and no pollen in the air, they’re still dealing with sneezing, runny nose and itchy eyes. One allergy expert points to weather as a possible trigger and what may help…

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Colon Health Health News Prescription Drugs

4 common drugs that help bad bacteria thrive in your gut

4 common drugs that help bad bacteria thrive in your gut
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Do you know what your medications are doing to your body? You may know the reason you take it, but you probably don’t know that plenty of drugs, including these commonly used medications, increase the amount of dangerous bacteria in your gut…

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Healthy Aging Healthy Mood Hormone Health

6 ways to reignite your youthful energy

6 ways to reignite your youthful energy
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You used to run mini-marathons in the morning, work a full-time job, catch a late show with friends and still have energy to spare. But now you need to take a nap after grocery shopping and doing a load of laundry. What happened?

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Autoimmune Health Pain

CBD may be better than opioids for fibromyalgia pain

CBD may be better than opioids for fibromyalgia pain
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With more and more people developing chronic pain conditions, efforts are being made to find better pain management tools. This is especially important in managing fibromyalgia pain since many existing pain medications offer little relief. Luckily, this natural supplement is proving quite effective in treating the pain associated with fibromyalgia…

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Immune Health Immune System

The strong link between stress and skyrocketing infection

People with PTSD are nearly twice as likely to get infections

We’re all exposed to dangerous pathogens every day and fight them off. But research shows that people with the most serious type of stress are at higher risk from dangerous infections. This makes finding healthy ways to handle stress as important as your mask and hand sanitizer in the face of COVID-19 and crazy high stess levels during the pandemic…

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Fitness & Exercise Health News Pain

The daily trick for overcoming pain

The daily trick for overcoming pain
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Chronic pain can consume you, make you unable to concentrate on work or family, and ultimately keep you from doing things you enjoy. Drugs can be both disappointing and risky. But science says there’s a daily habit for overcoming pain that really works…

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Brain Health Pain

Brain anomaly discovered that could be responsible for migraine

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Once thought to be caused by blood vessels in the head, researchers now believe migraine is a neurological disorder involving nerve pathways and brain chemicals. Whatever the cause, effective treatment would be a huge relief for many. One research team has zeroed in on a particular brain chemical that could be involved in migraine onset… […]