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By Dr. Mercola According to the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), lethal heroin overdoses nearly quadrupled between 2000 and 2013 in the US, escalating from 0.7 to 2.7 deaths per 100,000 during this timeframe...

By Dr. Mercola If you’re going to be undergoing a medical procedure, or you struggle with chronic pain, reaching for your playlist may be as good as reaching for a bottle of pain pills. The power of music for relaxation, stress relief, and pain reduction...

By Dr. Becker Overweight dogs and cats are extremely common in the U.S., but fortunately it's not every day that you see a dog as severely obese as "Fat Vincent." This 7-year-old dachshund was surrendered to an animal shelter after his owner died, weighing...

By Dr. Mercola Pain is the reason behind about 80 percent of physician visits in the U.S. Not only does pain, especially persistent and chronic pain, take a physical toll but it also interferes with patients’ social, mental, emotional and spiritual...

I have been thinking a lot about sleep lately. I have been craving it. My body has been demanding it. In fact, some days I simply cannot fight it–I stay in bed, if I can, and obey my body’s demands, giving it every moment of sleep I can afford to give...