If you've been experiencing numbness, pain, or tingling in your hand, forearm, or wrist, it could be carpal tunnel syndrome. These symptoms can occur when there is pressure on the median nerve caused by swelling. Pregnancy, illnesses such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and hypothyroidism, or simply making the same hand movements over and over can…
Manage Your Spring Cleaning Without Added Pain
As the flowers begin to bloom and the hours of daylight increase, we often feel an awakening in spring that prompts a good cleaning. We open the windows to let the air flow in, while we clean hard-to-reach places that have been neglected all winter. Sometimes that means getting up on a ladder or stretching…
Mexico Bound: Where the Monarchs Roam and Originate
Learning where monarchs migrate within North American may help save the species. Researchers are now looking at where overwintering monarch butterflies originate over multiple years. Although a large percentage of monarchs migrated to Mexico from the Midwest, their origins were spread throughout Canada and other parts of the United States. Conservation efforts now need to be…
Your Sedentary Lifestyle Could be Making Your Pain Worse
When you are in pain, sometimes moving is the last thing you want to do. It seems like it would be easier to snuggle up under the blankets and stay in bed all day, and some days that is what you need to do. However, studies show that it's important to move and exercise when…
Monarch Conservation on Agricultural Lands Gets a Boost
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service and The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have collaborated under Working Lands for Wildlife to accelerate conservation on behalf of the monarch butterfly. For the past two decades, populations of the monarchs have declined significantly across North America due to the eradication of the milkweed plant, the…