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: U. Melbourne
Researchers have mapped immune responses from one of Australia’s first COVID-19 patients, showing the body’s ability to fight the virus and the timing of recovery from the infection.
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- Written by: William Petri
As the nation adjusts to the threat of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, it’s only natural to worry whether a cough or aches and pains could be signs you have become infected by the virus.
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- Written by: Jeffrey Gardner
As concern about coronavirus grows, hand sanitizer is in high demand. Biologist Jeffrey Gardner explains why alcohol is a key ingredient in hand sanitizer, and why he doesn’t recommend making your own supply at home.
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- Written by: Brian Labus
When people are sick with a respiratory disease like COVID-19, they cough or sneeze particles into the air.
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- Written by: Thomas Perls
As the coronavirus spreads into more and more communities, public health officials are placing responsibility on individuals to help slow the pandemic.
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- Written by: Jenny Gold
Public health officials in California’s state capital region announced this week they have stopped tracing the contacts of patients diagnosed with the novel
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- Written by: Maureen Ferran
The U.S. government is fighting to contain and slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Testing is central to these efforts.
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- Written by: Richard Hobday, MSc, PhD
Throughout history sunlight has been used to prevent and cure a wide range of diseases, and a few doctors still use its therapeutic properties to good effect.
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- Written by: Helen Zoe Veit
Perhaps you’ll unearth a can of Crisco for the holiday baking season. If so, you’ll be one of millions of Americans who have, for generations, used it to make cookies, cakes, pie crusts and more.
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- Written by: Rena Greenberg
Each day that you choose to eat healthfully and simply— selecting whole, unprocessed foods from the earth and balancing your foods—know that you are building a new foundation for yourself. At first, this foundation may feel wobbly, as it is new to you, but every time you make the choice to follow through...
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- Written by: Anna Nagurney
The coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, has created enormous anxiety, uncertainty, and disruption to our lives.
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- Written by: Joseph Eisenberg
If you saw the 2011 movie “Contagion,” about a worldwide pandemic of a new virus, then you’ve heard the term “R0.”
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- Written by: Alex Horenstein and Konrad Grabiszewski
Safety measures make risky activities less risky: seat belts for car occupants, bailouts for financial institutions. Masks and disinfectants might feel like they do the same for anyone afraid of coronavirus.
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- Written by: Bobbie Hinman
More and more health professionals are encouraging consumers to cut back on fat, and vegetarian meals are finding a welcome place in the lives of more Americans. This does not mean that all Americans are becoming vegetarians, but many are now eating meatless meals at least several times a week.
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- Written by: Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D.
When you respect your body, you are in partnership with it. Treat your body as a structure worthy of respect and it will respond in kind. Abuse or ignore it and it will break down...
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- Written by: Kristen Devlin
American communities with more fast food restaurants, a larger share of extraction industry-based jobs, or higher population density have shorter life expectancies, according to new research.
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- Written by: Gregory Filiano
A low carb diet may prevent or even reverse the effects of aging in the brain, researchers report.
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- Written by: Manal Mohammed
Fermented foods have become very popular, thanks to claims about their nutritional properties and reported health benefits, such as improving digestion, boosting immunity and even helping people lose weight.
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- Written by: U. Washington
Experiencing wildness is particularly important for physical and mental health, according to a new study on urban parks.
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- Written by: Renã A.S. Robinson
Blacks are at higher risk for several health conditions in the U.S. This is true for heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and stroke, which are often chronic diseases.
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- Written by: Meranda Nakhla and Marie-Eve Robinson
The risks of psychiatric disorders and suicide attempts are substantially higher for young people from 15 to 25 years old with type 1 diabetes, a new study shows.
