'Recovery wear' to help body recharge booms in Japan, low-cost products push trend

TOKYO -- As Japan observes a boom in "recovery wear," or clothing designed to help the body recover from fatigue just by ...
UC San Francisco

How Our Lungs Back Up the Bone Marrow to Make Our Blood

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...
The New York Times

How Long Covid Exhausts the Body

Inflammation and low oxygen levels may cause cognitive problems. LUNGS Early evidence of oxygen limitations. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Vascular damage and blood clots may trigger fatigue. IMMUNE SYSTEM ...
scmp.com

Ancient therapy sees patients lie enveloped in a whole body wrap of chopped rainforest herbs cooked with water, alcohol

A healing practice used by China’s Dai ethnic group, which involves patients sleeping in beds of stir-fried herbs that cover their entire bodies, has become a wellness sensation. So-called Herbal ...

Leech therapy revived: Uttarakhand's Ayurvedic doctors use ancient cure for pain, circulation issues

DEHRADUN: The creature once notorious for clinging to human skin and sucking blood in the Himalayan foothills—leech, ...