Category: Diseases & Illnesses

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Home Remedies for Sleep

Having trouble falling asleep? Insomnia is a far too common problem in America. Special beds, pillows, and medications can often do the trick, but there are mindful, home remedies for sleep that you should consider. If a person takes 30 minutes or more to fall asleep and they get “six or fewer hours of sleep…
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Brain Food: Vitamin B6

Why Your Brain Loves B6 This vitamin is essential for the brain’s production of critical chemicals, neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, and GABA and for myelin formation. Your nervous and immune systems along with your red blood cell metabolism and other important bodily functions require B6. Vitamin B6 Deficiencies Are Common Problems Depression, cognitive dysfunction,…
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Beat the Summer Heat Stress

Prolonged exposure to heat can cause illness and even death. You can experience heat cramps, heat rash, and heat exhaustion outdoors as well as being indoors (areas without proper ventilation or cooling systems). There are certain conditions that can be very dangerous for your health such as when there are high temperatures and humidity, there is no breeze…
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To Work at Home, Or Not?

Working at home is the dream for many employees. They long to save money on gas and answer their email in their pajamas. And while many argue that working in an office is best, there seem to be many health benefits of telecommuting. The leaked memo from the new Yahoo! CEO, Marissa Mayer, has caused…
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Is Your Pool Contaminated?

Floating in a cool swimming pool in the summertime can be relaxing, but it can also be bad for your health. Germ-contaminated pools can cause illnesses and infections, so it’s important to protect your health while you swim this summer. Listed below are five pool care tips that can help you and your loved ones…
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Job Burnout Interventions

Do you suffer from “job burnout”? Job burnout occurs when a person is utterly exhausted by work, both physically and mentally. Here at the Mindful Living Network, we have offered personalized tips on how to overcome job burnout. But a study from the United Kingdom shows that company-wide interventions could be beneficial. Researchers from Leeds…
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Can Blueberries Bust Stress?

This summer make blueberries your go-to treat. This versatile fruit can be eaten for every meal of the day. Plus, eating blueberries on a regular basis is shown to reduce stress. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that develops after a traumatic event, and recent PTSD clinical trials tested on rats found that…
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Why You Need Mindful Moments: Better Sleep

Are you having trouble sleeping at night? Proper sleep tips and sleep rituals is all you need for a peaceful night of rest. Many of us are living mindlessly these days instead of mindfully. As we race through our busy lives our minds can race like an out of control train on its tracks. Our…
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Positive Affirmations are Key to a Healthy Life

Studies show that optimism can affect your health and how long you live. Repeating positive affirmations throughout your day actually reduces stress and creates health. A study at the University of California, Los Angeles shows that students that were repeating positive affirmations when they were stressed actually produced less stress hormones. When a person repeats…
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Why May Is Stressing You Out

May is a month full of family stress. The kids are ending their school year with tests and year-end school activities. You are planning for your children’s summer at home and your summer vacation. There are also many expenses around this time of year, such as gifts for teachers, graduations, celebration meals, and family and…
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