Have you ever seen what looks like white, giant cheerleading pom poms stuck on a tree? What you’re looking at is probably a lion’s mane mushroom, which may be one of the strangest looking fungi. A 2023 animal study1 published in the Journal of Neurochemistry demonstrates that an active ingredient found in lion’s mane mushrooms… Read More »
Cooking sprays are convenient, but think carefully if savings a few seconds of time is worth risking your health. In addition to harmful additives, the cooking oil itself is toxic, made even worse due to its highly oxidized, aerosolized form. To add flavor to your food and help keep it from sticking to your pans,… Read More »
Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published June 25, 2018. Lyme disease is no respecter of persons and one bite from a deer tick may be the only thing separating you from this devastating illness. Canadian rockstar Avril Lavigne has been struggling with the illness for four years. When her battle… Read More »
Mental health is at a low point in the U.S., even as more people seek out treatment. From 2019 to 2022, use of mental health care services increased 38.8% among about 7 million adults with private health insurance. Spending on such services also jumped — by 53.7% — during that time, according to a study… Read More »
Intelligence agencies have a long history of using propaganda as a tool of war, and the effectiveness of information warfare radically improved with the emergence of the internet, to say nothing of artificial intelligence and social media. If you’re over 50, you can probably remember a time when your family had a row of encyclopedias… Read More »