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When it comes to our health, we hear a lot about what we eat and how to move, but there’s one big area (no pun intended) that tends to get ignored— our homes and air pollution.

There’s perhaps no piece of health (or life) advice more universally accepted than “wear sunscreen.” And yet, it’s actually a whole lot more complicated than that. Sure, sunscreen helps shield you against skin cancer and other harmful effects of the sun, but the truth is that not all sunscreens are created equal — and some might be seriously harmful to your health. In our newest video guide, WellBe investigates.

Welcome to the second health research and wellness news wrap-up of 2023! As with all our wrap-ups, we'll cover the most important pieces of health research and wellness news you need to know right now. To put this together, we combed through everything health-related that happened since our last wrap-up, covering health research findings and news that came out in April through June 2023. 

Not being able to sleep is awful, but OTC and prescription sleep aids can be dangerous to your health. WellBe's guide to natural sleep aids looks at how you can get some rest healthily.

When Sarah Hornsby graduated with a degree in dental hygiene, she had no idea that it would lead her to her current career. She’s a dental hygienist, but she specializes in the little-known field of orofacial myofunctional therapy, which she hadn’t even heard of during her initial training. After becoming fascinated by the topic, Hornsby went on to found two companies: Faceology, which is a virtual clinic for patients seeking this orofacial myofunctional therapy, and MyoMentor, which is to help educate other health professionals on the topic. Read on to learn what, exactly, orofacial myofunctional entails, why mouth breathing at night is such a huge and important health issue, how it all relates to tongue ties and tongue treatment, and much more.

WellBe Founder Adrienne Nolan-Smith was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease when she was 11 years old. After a failed course of antibiotics, doctors told her she’d just have to live with the diagnosis. Her mother refused to accept that and researched integrative therapies, including use of a hyperbaric oxygen tank.

Donna Jackson Nakazawa is the author of seven books about what she likes to call “gnarly problems” that span the intersection of science, emotion, and human life, most recently the book Girls on the Brink. One of the gnarly topics she’s done a deep dive on is something called psycho neuroimunology, which is the field that looks at the interplay between our mind and our immune system. As she learned in her research, the relationship between the two is strong — and it all starts in childhood. Read on to learn more about the emerging field of psycho neuroimmunology, what it has to do with adverse childhood experiences (ACE) research, how emotions affect the body physically by way of the brain, and more. 

Kelli Tennant was a Division I athlete and in the best shape of her life when suddenly she became bedridden. Over the course of 13 years, she overcame an incorrect fibromyalgia diagnosis and found health.

Welcome to the first health research and wellness news wrap-up of 2023! In it, we cover all the most important pieces of health research and wellness news since our 2022 year-end wrap-up, which means we’re looking back on everything that happened from January through March 2023.