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: David A Guba, Jr.
This past summer the French food and drug office, the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament, greenlighted limited medical cannabis trials inside France, something that’s been illegal since 1953.
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- Written by: Annalijn I. Conklin and Hadis Mozaffari
Since the late 1970s, a diversified diet has been considered an essential component of healthy eating. Ensuring a good balance of nutrients is crucial for people to stay healthy.
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- Written by: Scott Lear
It’s well-documented that regular exercise is good for us. Being active can reduce your risk for a variety of diseases such as heart disease and cancer, as well as improving psychological well-being.
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- Written by: Grace Parraga
Vaping causes severe illness in otherwise healthy young adults and teenagers. It causes a life-threatening, life-shortening and sometimes deadly lung toxicity and injury — with apparently irreversible damage that cannot be cured
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- Written by: Barbara Mintzes and Agnes Vitry
It’s hard to find anyone who hasn’t been touched by cancer. People who haven’t had cancer themselves will likely have a close friend or family member who has been diagnosed with the disease.
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- Written by: Kathryn Walton and Molly Gallant
Food waste is costly — and not just dollars and cents. Food waste also has significant environmental and health implications.
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- Written by: Greta Guest
New findings challenge the wisdom of budgeting calories for the day, which is what weight-control programs like Weight Watchers and diet apps like MyFitnessPal use.
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- Written by: SciShow
A quarter of all prescription drugs in the U.S. come from substances that are found only in plants. In this episode of SciShow, we take a look at four of these talented plants who make our lives better.
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- Written by: Suzanne Mahady
Up to 35% of cancers worldwide might be caused by lifestyle factors such as diet and smoking. So how can we go about reducing our risk of bowel cancer?
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- Written by: Ilona Jaspers
The rise in cases of otherwise healthy young adults who have been hospitalized or even died from vaping-associated lung injury is alarming.
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- Written by: Yoga With Adriene
Rainbow Yoga! The perfect 17-minute practice to brighten your day, to help turn darkness into light.
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- Written by: Clean & Delicious
Baked Lemon Garlic Chicken is easy, juicy and full of flavor.
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- Written by: Ted W. Baxter
"Before the stroke, Ted was all business. Very serious. Since he’s recovered, he’s got such a sense of humor. He’s come almost 180 degrees now. He’s so much funnier, and all his humor—his dry sense of humor—has come out. It never came out before the stroke."
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- Written by: David Winston
Adaptogens can greatly increase the effectiveness of some modern drugs, including antibiotics, anxiolytics (anxiety relief), antidepressants, and hypoglycemic (blood sugar lowering) agents. They also can reduce, and in some cases eliminate, the side effects of some drugs. They have a proven record of being safe, efficacious, and quite versatile in their treatment of many conditions.
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- Written by: James Leahy
Strides in medicine have contributed to a dramatic increase in life expectancy over the last century.
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- Written by: Niranjana Krishnan
Many people believe that chemicals, particularly the man-made ones, are highly dangerous.
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- Written by: Gitit Ginat
A number of sexual assault survivors report enormous benefits from specialized classes, but not all therapists are on board.
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- Written by: Tamara Bhandari
Life-saving antibiotics may cause long-lasting damage to the developing microbial communities in intestinal tracts of premature babies, research finds.
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- Written by: SciShow
More than half of Americans take a dietary supplement, but the truth is, most people don't need them.
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- Written by: Yoga With Adriene
In this gentle 20 minute yoga flow, you are invited to take a moment to surrender. No need to come with an agenda or worry about a specific outcome. Set down your burdens and let yoga take care of you.
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- Written by: Frank Otto
Wearables might not offer enough motivation to get your daily steps, but a little competition might work.
