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Anxiety is a problem many people struggle with every day. Some have it but barely even know what it is, just a feeling of worry or malaise they fight every day. Others find it debilitating, with spiraling panic attacks that prevent them from doing anything at all for hours or days.  There is a wide range of different treatments for anxiety at all levels. What we're covering today are some of the more low-level treatments you might consider. Supplements, nutritional changes, and healthy foods can help ease the symptoms of anxiety, but they are rarely going to treat anxiety on their own....

In the world of skin conditions, there are few that are as common as psoriasis. Psoriasis affects as much as 2% of the population with red, damaged skin, and it comes in a few different varieties. A question many people ask, especially if they're young or just beginning to experience the symptoms of psoriasis, is this: will it ever go away? Can it be cured?  What Is Psoriasis? Psoriasis is a skin condition that is largely characterized by red, cracked patches of skin, often accompanied by silvery scales and rough, thick plaques. It can appear pretty much anywhere on the...

There are easily hundreds of "traditional herbal remedies" out there, and they run a wide range from "actually useful medicinally" to the equivalent of using the grass on your front lawn to cure a common cold. Many of them are ascribed near-mystical status because of their use through the ages. The Science of Herbal Remedies Look, we live in a capitalist society that strives to extract every bit of value it can get out of anything it can. On the one hand, any traditional remedy is likely to be studied extensively and any actual value in it will be processed, isolated,...

Your immune system is a fantastically complex bit of biological machinery, and it's tied into a whole lot of different parts of your body. It's difficult to convey just how much goes into the immune system, and how you can affect it with your lifestyle, but we're going to try. How The Immune System Works Your immune system is constantly at work. The world around you is filled with possible pathogens, from bacteria and viruses to allergens to parasites. That's not all your immune system fights, though; internally, it also fights toxins and even cancer. If a cell in your...