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ANDREW WEIL Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in man...
ANDREW WEIL Studies have shown that people who are physically active sleep better than those who are sedentary. ...
ANDREW WEIL Shorter daylight hours can affect sleep, productivity and state of mind. Light therapy, also known a...
ANDREW WEIL We are the yin and the yang of the creative process.
CYNTHIA WEIL