If you find the park or even your backyard refreshing, you’re not alone. And the benefits may be stronger than you think.
If your world is all concrete and steel, could be more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety, as well as other health problems. Dutch researchers studied more than 300,000 Dutch adults and children, and discovered that those living close to more green spaces had slightly lower rates of different health conditions like asthma, heart disease, migraine, diabetes, and chronic neck and back pain.

The strongest health association was between lack of green spaces and people suffering from depression and …read more

Indulge me a bit here. I’ve had a migraine for the last couple of hours and I’m loathe to drink any pill. I’ve been trolling the Internet for “magic cures” — okay, not really, but some tea, or some natural medication… so far I’ve found turmeric. But I really don’t feel like making any soups or potions with turmeric…. and there’s no way I can swallow a spoonful of that stuff. Just thinking about it makes my headache worse. I’m not prone to these migraine headaches; just a bad combination of ragweed allergies and lack …read more