Photo©Dmytro/123rf When your dentist says “silver filling,” picture this instead: a paste that’s half mercury by weight — the same neurotoxin that closed down hat factories in the 1800s and triggered international treaties in the 2010s. Yet it’s still being drilled...

Photo©Kasper Ravlo/123rf Trauma imprints occur in individuals’ minds and bodies at the moment they first feel shocked, surprised, and/or frightened during a traumatic experience that triggers the fight/flight/freeze reflex. This imprint is phobic in nature, i.e.,...

Photo©KasperRavlo/123rf Jules Netherland traveled from her home in the Bronx to the New York state Capitol in Albany several times in the past few years, hoping to persuade the legislature to pass a medical aid in dying bill, allowing terminally ill patients to end...

Florida panthers in the Picayune Strand. Photo courtesy David Shindle, Conservancy of Southwest Florida Everglades Restoration Project Ongoing for 20-Plus Years Sees Huge Rewilding Success by Andy Corbley, Good News Network A huge area of the Everglades that was...

“Choose Happy” photo courtesy Suzi Nance For many of us, somewhere along the way, we have become pretty good at managing life. We handle responsibilities, solve problems, take care of people, power through stressful times, survive hard seasons, and just keep moving....

Photo©serezniy/123rf You may have seen black garlic appear more frequently in grocery stores, restaurants and online recipes over the past few years. Many chefs and food writers describe it as a unique and deeply flavored ingredient. So what is black garlic, and how...

Photo©SvyatoslavLypynskyy/123rf You can sit in a quiet room, feel completely safe, and still notice your chest tighten or your breath turn shallow. You know nothing is wrong. Your body disagrees. That disconnect, between what your mind understands and what your...