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Natural Remedies: Fact vs. Fiction
Natural remedies – are they actually “natural” at all? Do they work like advertisers say they do? […]
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Vaccines Cause Autism: Who Started the Lie?
Why do people believe that vaccines cause autism? Where did this myth originate, and why has it spread as truth? […]
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Why Don’t Cough Medicines Actually Work?
Why are there so many choices of cough and cold medications at the drug store? Because none of them work. So what can you do to soothe that cough? […]
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Tai Chi: The Path Toward Mastery
Rather than being a strictly physical martial art, tai chi relies on a combination of the mental and the physical to create a harmonious set of movements. Take your first step into mastering these movements in this lecture by Professor David Dorian Ross. […]
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Sleep Patterns across the Human Lifecycle
By H. Craig Heller, PhD, Stanford University A normal human lifecycle exhibits dramatically different sleep patterns at different points. To understand the variation across the lifespan, let’s use […]
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Classifications of Mental Illness—A History
It would be nice if we could follow the medical model in psychology and know exactly what the treatment is for a mental illness once we have made a diagnosis, but that does not always happen… […]
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Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease
By Jeanette Norden, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Alzheimer’s is characterized primarily by the loss of neurons in certain areas of the brain. While there is […]
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The Secret Life of a Virus
By Anthony A. Goodman, MD, Montana State University Viruses are tiny, tiny particles—20 or 30 nanometers in size—invisible by anything other than an electron microscope. Referred […]
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Malaria: The King of Tropical Diseases
By Anthony A. Goodman, M.D., Montana State University Malaria—a mosquito-borne infectious disease—is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Earth. One of a variety of tropical […]
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Meditation and The Sense of Self
In this video lecture, Professor Ronald D. Siegel grapples with one of the most fundamental and challenging insights that come from meditation practice. […]