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Loneliness and emptiness aren't mindset problems. They reflect how pressure can lock the nervous system into patterns of protection, disconnection, and loss of purpose and joy.

A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China.

In China, researchers studying the burial site of one of the world's most well-preserved mummies also unearthed what's ...

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What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like ...

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Grief is a natural process, an intense fundamental emotion, a universal experience which makes us human. It is a process that entails extremely hard work over a period of many ...

When designing a workout, it's important to move in all of the body's planes. What are they? Here's an anatomy primer to help.

Older adults who react more slowly with their arms during slips are at greater risk of falling, new research shows.

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