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: Diane Duke, Washington University in St. Louis
Many people with psychiatric problems want to quit smoking, but psychiatrists and caseworkers typically don’t prescribe medications to help them or refer them to services aimed at smoking cessation, researchers find.
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- Written by: Conan Milner, Epoch Times
A woman’s fertility peaks in her 20s, but the timing of life doesn’t always cooperate with family planning.
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- Written by: Conan Milner, Epoch Times
To make the most of your energy, look to nature as your guide. For example, for a plant to survive long term, it requires strong roots–ones that pull in nutrients and water from its environment and give it the strength to carry on.
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- Written by: Rosemary Byfield, Epoch Times
To boost strength and resilience we need to eat more nutrient-dense foods and support blood circulation. The digestive system is an important source of support for the lungs that also tends to express more deficiencies in autumn.
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- Written by: Erin Karter, Northwestern University
Currently there is not a single test that can reliably and objectively diagnose concussions, but new research suggests measuring the brain’s response to sound could take the guesswork out of the diagnosis.
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- Written by: Conan Milner, Epoch Times
Glyphosate is by far the most heavily used chemical weed killer in human history. It’s so pervasive, it’s difficult to avoid ingesting it on a daily basis.
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- Written by: Leslie Orr, University of Rochester
Women with breast cancer cite “chemo-brain” as a substantial problem after chemotherapy for as long as six months after treatment, research shows.
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- Written by: Leslie Orr, University of Rochester
A tool that analyzes the expression patterns of four genes might help doctors predict if prostate cancer will reoccur following surgery.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Grossman, Ensia
In the absence of a federal U.S. policy for schools located near potentially dangerous sites, community activists search for safer solutions.
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- Written by: Julie Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Scientists have now analyzed long-awaited data from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment to determine the specific rates of biodegradation for 125 compounds that settled to the deep ocean floor after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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- Written by: Johanna Harvey, University of Pennsylvania
A new study confirms that sense of smell declines sharply in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, which suggests a sniff test might be a helpful diagnostic tool.
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- Written by: Jessica O'Leary, University of Rochester
Scientists are studying a small group of older adults with excellent memories called “supernormals” to determine their risk for Alzheimer’s.
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- Written by: Kevin Stacey, Brown University
Scientists have used a wireless “brain-spinal interface” to bypass spinal cord injuries in a pair of rhesus macaques, restoring intentional walking movement to a temporarily paralyzed leg.
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- Written by: Sarina Gleason, Michigan State University
A centuries-old herbal medicine, discovered by Chinese scientists and used to effectively treat malaria, may help treat tuberculosis and slow the evolution of drug resistance.
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- Written by: Ziba Kashef, Yale University and James Devitt, New York University
Older adults are less inclined to take risks, but this behavior may be linked to changes in brain anatomy rather than age, new research shows.
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- Written by: Erin Sagen and Araz Hachadourian, YES! Magazine
Around 2006, Cherokee leaders approached administrative liaison Pat Gwin about starting a seed bank. They already had launched an initiative to improve health care access and infrastructure at the reservation; now, they wanted to go even deeper by recovering ancestral seeds to preserve their cultural heritage.
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- Written by: Marin Hedin, Johns Hopkins University
The bacteria that cause chronic gum infections may also trigger the autoimmune inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), new evidence suggests.
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- Written by: Sy Abudu, New York University
Three things happen to the brain when we exercise, says Wendy Suzuki, professor of neural science and psychology at New York University. She offers a quick explanation in just 90 seconds.
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- Written by: Chris Jones, Cardiff University
People in noisy situations should face slightly away from the person they’re listening to and turn one ear towards the speech.
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- Written by: Osho
Every night sit comfortably in a chair and rest your head back, like you do at the dentist. You can use a pillow. Don't change your breathing -- let it be natural. By and by your breathing...
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- Written by: Kate Becker, Boston University
New voices, sounds, sights, feelings, tastes, and smells all trigger a brain response called rapid neural adaptation. It is so effortless that we are rarely even aware it’s happening.
