Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Jim Erickson, University of Michigan
Mercury concentrations in Hawaiian-caught bigeye and yellowfin tuna are steadily rising and mirror increases in North Pacific waters that have been linked to atmospheric mercury emissions from Asia.
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- Written by: Matthew Swayne, Penn State
Just like real doctors and nurses, online health tools with good communication skills can promote healthier lifestyles.
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- Written by: Leslie Orr, University of Rochester
Exercise and/or psychological therapy work better than medications to reduce cancer-related fatigue and should be recommended first to patients, say researchers.
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- Written by: Ziba Kashef, Yale University
Older adults who go to the emergency department for an illness or injury are at increased risk for disability and decline in physical abilities up to six months later, research shows.
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- Written by: Ben Snedecker, Georgia Institute of Technology
Researchers predicted dieting success—or failure—with an accuracy rate of 77 percent based on the sentiment of the words and phrases people used on Twitter.
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- Written by: Sarina Gleason, Michigan State University
Effective breast cancer treatment options are predictable based on the way certain genes act or express themselves, new research shows.
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- Written by: David Orenstein, Brown University
Fluid is a previously unacknowledged source of the tension we feel when we stretch our muscles, research suggests.
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- Written by: Kristina Sauerwein, Washington University in St. Louis
People taking heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors—Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium, and Protonix—may not be aware of kidney damage linked to the medications, research suggests.
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- Written by: Nathan Collins, Stanford University
There’s no easy way to predict which teenager will become a problem drug user. While certain personality traits—impulsiveness for example—may signal danger, not every adolescent fits the description.
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- Written by: Mellissa Prunty, Brunel University London
Compared to other specific learning difficulties, major research into dyspraxia – or developmental coordination disorder (DCD) as it is more formally known – has only begun fairly recently.
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- Written by: Stanford University
A brain-to-computer hookup recently allowed people with severe limb weakness to type via direct brain control at the highest speeds and accuracy levels reported to date.
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- Written by: Zandile Mchiza, Human Sciences Research Council
Food advertising strongly influences the eating choices of adults, adolescents and children alike. But TV and magazine adverts often carry misleading health and nutrition claims.
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- Written by: Caroline Curran, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A protein that appears to play a vital role in airway function is virtually missing in people who have asthma. The discovery points to a potential new treatment.
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- Written by: Lisa Chedekel, Boston University
The proportion of deaths attributable to diabetes in the US is as high as 12 percent—three times higher than estimates based on death certificates suggest—a new analysis shows.
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- Written by: Robin Lally, Rutgers University
A new study with worms may help explain how diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s spread in the brain. Sometimes when neurons dispose of toxic waste, neighboring cells get sick.
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- Written by: Mantak Chia
When we feel criticized (by others or by ourselves), it is often the psoas that reacts by contracting or hardening and becoming rigid. Taoists refer to the psoas as the muscle of the soul because of its connection to our deepest essence and core identity.
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- Written by: Mark Allen & Brant Secunda
Are you stressed-out, overweight, overworked, uninspired, or plagued by negative emotions? Don't worry — anyone can achieve greater health and happiness by trying out some new behaviors and attitudes, and working at it step-by-step. Here are nine proven ways to get there.
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- Written by: Alexis Blue, University of Arizona
There have been lots of studies on marriage that focus on younger women, so researchers wanted to take a closer look at the health effects of marriage and divorce on older women.
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- Written by: Erika Ebsworth, Washington University in St. Louis
Scientists are investigating a compound found in green tea for often-fatal medical complications associated with bone-marrow disorders.
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- Written by: Stephanie Brown, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
We all know and hear a lot about postnatal depression, but what about depression and anxiety during pregnancy?
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- Written by: W. John Diamond, M.D. and W. Lee Cowden, M.D.
Under emotional distress, the brain may signal the adrenal glands to produce chemicals called corticosteroids. Cancer-related processes are accelerated in the presence of these chemicals. Certain cancers have also been associated with distressing life events.
