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: Lauren Walker
How we truly feel about ourselves must be considered when we talk about healing. Many of us have what Pema Chödrön calls a “subtle aggression” against ourselves. Unfortunately, our desire for change or transformation often comes from there. But that never works.
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- Written by: Gregory Filiano
There’s a connection between post-traumatic stress disorder and the onset of mild cognitive impairment in 9/11 responders who were at the World Trade Center, a new study of 1,800 workers shows.
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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: Susana Madden
The aura, a field of energy that surrounds people and other living things, reflects the energy of the spirit in that body. Its colors, textures and patterns reveal much information about physical, emotional, mental and spiritual states. An aura is like a thumbprint; it is completely individual and expresses who you really are in all your splendor...
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- Written by: Richard Gunderman
A test called CT lung cancer screening could save the lives of tens of thousands of American smokers and former smokers every year, but only only 4% of those eligible are getting it.
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- Written by: Michael Gradisar
Most of us might think sleep is like a light switch. That is, we go to bed, shut our eyes, and our body “switches off”
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- Written by: Danny Eckert
Falling asleep is a bit like flicking off a light switch. One moment we are awake, but then the switch is flicked and we fall asleep.
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- Written by: Kristin Samuelson
Physicians often fail to discuss healthy lifestyle changes with cancer survivors, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Kara Manke
Advanced brain imaging reveals how exposure in the womb to organophosphates changes brain activity in teenagers, a new study shows.
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- Written by: Patti Verbanas
African-Americans with severe depression are more likely to be misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Sreekanth Chalasani
What if you didn’t need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels without an injection of insulin, or mitigate the onset of a seizure without even pushing a button?
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- Written by: Clare Collins
Trying to lose weight is hard work. You need to plan meals and snacks, and make a big effort to avoid situations that trigger more eating and drinking than you’d planned.
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- Written by: Laura Bailey
Poor handgrip may be a sign of impaired cognition and memory among older adults, research suggests.
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- Written by: Emma Beckett and Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz
Food gives us the nutrients we need to survive, and we know a balanced diet contributes to good health.
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- Written by: Daniel Stolte
The first animal likely was a carnivore, new research finds. Humans, along with other omnivores, belong to a rare breed.
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- Written by: Carrie LEsperance
Illness can be the doorway to health. Whether the illness originates in the mind, body, spirit, or environment, we have the choice to allow illness to compel us either toward health and higher learning, or away from health and to eventual destruction.
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- Written by: Nicole Lee
Close to 40,000 people, mostly women, have given up alcohol for FebFast and many others participated in Dry July.
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- Written by: Rose Brandt
Prescription omega-3 fatty acid medications are a safe and effective option for reducing high triglycerides, which increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Laurel Thomas
Vitamin D deficiency in middle childhood could result in aggressive behavior as well as anxious and depressive moods during adolescence, according to a new study of school children in Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Written by: Lucinda Berglund
It all starts with the immune system. Every person has one - a group of cells, tissues and organs in the body that helps you fight infections.
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- Written by: Étienne Aumont
The idea of seeing a loved one decline and lose their ability to recall their most treasured memories is devastating.
