Healthy Options Blog
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Skincare in Cold Weather
The moisture in your skin’s outermost layer (the epidermis) mirrors the humidity in your environment. Healthy, hydrated skin relies on natural oils (sebum) to form a protective barrier, keeping irritants...
Skincare in Cold Weather
The moisture in your skin’s outermost layer (the epidermis) mirrors the humidity in your environment. Healthy, hydrated skin relies on natural oils (sebum) to form a protective barrier, keeping irritants...
How to Ease Night Time Anxiety
By Eleesha Lockett, MS Nighttime anxiety can manifest as racing thoughts, restlessness, and difficulty sleeping, and may be linked to both stress and underlying anxiety disorders. Lifestyle adjustments like meditation,...
How to Ease Night Time Anxiety
By Eleesha Lockett, MS Nighttime anxiety can manifest as racing thoughts, restlessness, and difficulty sleeping, and may be linked to both stress and underlying anxiety disorders. Lifestyle adjustments like meditation,...
Eye Health: Can Stress Cause Styes?
By Vicente Diaz, MD, MBA Styes can develop when the oil-producing gland in your eyelid becomes infected with bacteria. Stress can lower your immunity, which may be the connection. Styes...
Eye Health: Can Stress Cause Styes?
By Vicente Diaz, MD, MBA Styes can develop when the oil-producing gland in your eyelid becomes infected with bacteria. Stress can lower your immunity, which may be the connection. Styes...
8 Tips to Help Get Over Jet Lag
By Natalie Silver Jet lag occurs when you travel quickly across time zones and your body’s usual rhythm falls out of sync. Your body will eventually adjust to its new...
8 Tips to Help Get Over Jet Lag
By Natalie Silver Jet lag occurs when you travel quickly across time zones and your body’s usual rhythm falls out of sync. Your body will eventually adjust to its new...
Mastering Holiday Gift-Giving Etiquette
By Janet Fowler The holidays are a time for goodwill and expressing appreciation for others, but there is always the chance of an awkward moment when you receive a gift...
Mastering Holiday Gift-Giving Etiquette
By Janet Fowler The holidays are a time for goodwill and expressing appreciation for others, but there is always the chance of an awkward moment when you receive a gift...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
By Mayo Clinic Staff Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears known as obsessions. These obsessions lead you to do repetitive behaviors, also called compulsions. These...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
By Mayo Clinic Staff Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears known as obsessions. These obsessions lead you to do repetitive behaviors, also called compulsions. These...
Know Your B-Complex Vitamins
By Jillian Kubala, MS, RD Taking a B-complex vitamin, which includes all eight B vitamins, may benefit your health if you don’t get enough B vitamins from other sources. People...
Know Your B-Complex Vitamins
By Jillian Kubala, MS, RD Taking a B-complex vitamin, which includes all eight B vitamins, may benefit your health if you don’t get enough B vitamins from other sources. People...
5 Ways Owning a Pet Can Improve Mental Health
By Dr. Shelby Center When the American Psychiatric Association teamed up with the AVMA in spring 2025, 84% of pet owners surveyed said that their pets have a mostly positive...
5 Ways Owning a Pet Can Improve Mental Health
By Dr. Shelby Center When the American Psychiatric Association teamed up with the AVMA in spring 2025, 84% of pet owners surveyed said that their pets have a mostly positive...