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Non-toxic Sunscreen Guide: Sunscreen Ingredients to Avoid and Natural Sunscreen Alternatives
Non-toxic Sunscreen Guide: Sunscreen Ingredients to Avoid and Natural Sunscreen Alternatives
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.
Sarah Hornsby on How to Treat Mouth Breathing at Night with Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
Sarah Hornsby on How to Treat Mouth Breathing at Night with Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
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.
Donna Jackson Nakazawa Explains Psycho Neuroimmunology: How Emotions and Trauma Affect Your Immunity and Disease Risk
Donna Jackson Nakazawa Explains Psycho Neuroimmunology: How Emotions and Trauma Affect Your Immunity and Disease Risk
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.