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2 weeks ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Jon Spayde |Alexandra Smith
Activity trackers allow us to measure our fitness progress, so could similar wearable devices allow us to effectively monitor — and even improve — our mental health? That’s the question researchers are exploring. They’re intrigued by the gradual embrace of telehealth and the widespread acceptance of digital trackers among people of all ages. And some researchers, including Nuno Gomes, PhD, and Matilde Pato, PhD, believe the answer is a resounding yes.
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1 month ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Henry Emmons |Craig Cox |Alexandra Smith
It turns out seasonal affective disorder is not just a winter affliction. Try these strategies to lessen spring anxiety. Late-life depression descends on an estimated 20 percent of older U.S. adults, according to recent research. That may explain my recently sagging spirits — or not. Ketamine may help treat both acute and chronic depression, as well as other mental health disorders like addiction and PTSD. Learn how it works. Learn more about the effect that sugar and inflammation have on your mood.
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2 months ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Alexandra Smith |Michael Dregni
Like a certain portion of the American public, I’ve been feeling a little low lately while struggling to find some equilibrium amid what seems like a daily dose of political and cultural chaos. There’s no escaping the zeitgeist, however, so I was oddly pleased the other day to learn that the real source of my sagging spirits may have less to do with current events than with my advanced age.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Alexandra Smith |Kaelyn Riley |Henry Emmons |Mark Hyman
Jacqueline had gone through therapy and been on antidepressants for years, yet she still felt numb, stuck, and disengaged. She was struggling to move past childhood trauma and had become disconnected from her emotions. She wasn’t quite sure how to regain that connection, but she knew antidepressants weren’t doing the trick. “I need something different,” she told me. After nearly a decade practicing traditional talk therapy, I began integrating ketamine into my practice in 2023.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Mo Perry |Alexandra Smith
One crucial function of the vagus nerve is to dial down inflammation in the body. This occurs through the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, explains functional-medicine physician Gregory Plotnikoff, MD. When the vagus is stimulated, it sends electrical signals along its length. These lead to the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that regulates inflammation.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Alexandra Smith |Jill Metzler Patton |Heidi Wachter
Hansen Miller witnessed unforgettable things during his years serving as a captain in the U.S. military. After his honorable discharge from active duty in 2012, he discovered that the hardest part about sharing his stories was not so much the stories themselves but the reactions of the people he told them to. “They’d either assume what I experienced was like whatever they’d seen in the movies, or they’d reflexively say ‘Thanks for your service’ and look away,” Miller recalls.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Katherine Lewis |Alexandra Smith
My dreams are often like action movies. I’m being chased by villains, racing to save a child from doom, or trying — vainly — to fly as the ground crumbles beneath me. One time, a dream ended with credits rolling across my field of view as a haunting pop song played.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Alexandra Smith |Craig Cox |Michael Dregni |Katherine Lewis
Much has been made about the mental health crisis among today’s teenagers — a very real and growing issue — but it’s actually young adults who are suffering the most.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Stephanie Soucheray |Matthew Kadey |Henry Emmons |Alexandra Smith
If you’re running low on iron, your provider will likely suggest including more iron-rich foods in your diet. Among animal sources, oysters win the prize for best source, with about 8 milligrams (mg) of iron in 3 ounces of oysters. The same amount of steak provides roughly 2 mg of iron. In general, red meat, poultry, and fish are all excellent sources of heme iron, the type our bodies absorb most easily.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Stephanie Soucheray |Matthew Kadey |Chrystle Fiedler |Alexandra Smith
Anemia is the result of the body receiving too little iron for too long. “If you’re low on iron, the body will protect red blood cell production first,” says Malcolm Munro, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, Los Angeles. This can have serious consequences for the entire body. “Iron is responsible for [many] enzymatic processes in the body, including those in [the] brain, the repair of DNA, and making liver enzymes,” Munro explains.
