Experience L!fe magazine July/August 2019 issue. Articles include - how to decode symptoms your body is having, how to move from swimming in a pool to swimming in open water, and recipes for no-sweat summer meals.

Ticks are becoming more prevalent across the U.S. They are responsible for many diseases including lyme, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and an allergy to red meat called Alpha-Gal. Also, a personal essay suggesting that we dial down the panic about ticks because Lyme disease can be easily treated when detected early. Also, the Asian longhorns tick is spreading its territory in the U.S.

No matter what their background, education, or income, black women are chronically failed by the American health care system. Evidence shows that black women are offered a full range of treatment options less often than white women. They are more likely to live in underserved communities, where hospitals are underfunded and equipment outdated. They are denied pain medication more often than other patients.

Susan Gubar writes the Living With Cancer column for the New York Times. In this piece she writes about the need for “clinical trial navigators” to help increase participation in research studies. She points out that many advances in care for children have come about because of the high rate of participation by children in clinical trials. Also, a personal essay discussing why the author does not want to be called a “Survivor” or describe his experiences as part of a war.

A personal story of dealing with a loved one’s concussion changing their personality. An article questioning why the NHL has not acknowledged concussion and C.T.E. as the NFL has. The risk of suicide is higher for people with concussions.

A look at three different types of medical ethical dilemmas. Is it ethical to use a Nazi medical text to help a current-day surgery? Should a doctor use her influence to choose medical care when it is her child in the intensive care unit? What is the ethical duty of medical professionals on airplanes?

The case for longer and better sleep. Research confirms that lack of sleep adds to the risk of obesity, certain cancers, high blood pressure, weakened immune system, diabetes, stroke, dementia and depression. A look at the habits that keep us from getting a good nights sleep.

The case for longer and better sleep. Research confirms that lack of sleep adds to the risk of obesity, certain cancers, high blood pressure, weakened immune system, diabetes, stroke, dementia and depression. A look at the habits that keep us from getting a good nights sleep.

A very few people are insensitive to pain - not knowing they are burnt until they smell burning flesh or cut until they see blood. New research has isolated a gene associated with this insensitivity to pain, and find that people with this condition often feel little anxiety as well. Also, virtual reality therapy is providing a new method of pain relief that helps retrain people living with chronic pain.

Stop the Bleed is a nationwide initiative to train volunteers to act as first responders at mass-shooting or other mass-casualty situations. The Conclusion to the New Yorker article titled “Under the Gun”.