I Tried Ear Seed Acupressure For Lower Back Pain

Ear seeding is the more than 2,000-year-old practice of sticking seeds from the Vaccaria plant onto specific points on the inside and outside of your ears. Today, most practitioners use tiny metal beads attached to adhesive stickers. The Chinese medicine treatment, formally known as auricular acupressure, is basically acupuncture without the needles: a plus, given…

Why It’s Harmful To Comment On People’s Bodies

Experts, including psychologists who specialize in body image, agree — making comments on someone’s appearance can be harmful, even if you think you have good intentions.  Since you may not know what someone is going through, making comments about a person’s body, whether it’s the size, shape, or just about anything else, is not only…

Over-The-Counter Drugs You Can Get ‘Addicted’ To

George Resch, who goes by TankSinatra on social media, recently mentioned that he had an addiction to the over-the-counter nasal spray Afrin. “I have been congested for a year,” he said on the podcast Meme Daddies. How does that happen? Plenty of over-the-counter medications — those that are sold on pharmacy and grocery store shelves…

What It’s Like To Have It

ARFID is different from eating disorders that cause people to restrict calories due to a fear of gaining weight or because they have a distorted body image. Instead, people with the eating disorder might have sensory issues or they might have experienced a traumatic event that leads to an avoidance or restriction of food.  “I…

Rare Beauty Is A Win For Accessible Makeup, But Some People With Disabilities Say The Industry Still Excludes Them

Now 18 years old, Noble is still getting used to using a wheelchair. She needs help with most activities like getting into bed, using the bathroom, and cooking. Among the tasks she’s gained enough strength to do on her own is her makeup routine, which she told BuzzFeed News has given her “so much power…

Too Much Weed? What To Do If You Are Greening Out

Most cannabis products that you can buy legally list the amount of THC they contain. However, if you’re consuming an edible that isn’t packaged, it’s almost impossible to tell how much THC, the psychoactive ingredient, is in food, drink, or smoking products.  Generally, the likelihood of experiencing uncomfortable effects is higher if you’re a first-time…

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