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: Amy Reichelt
Obesity is increasing worldwide, especially among children and teenagers. More than 150 million children in the world are obese in 2019.
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- Written by: David P. Labbé
Saturated fat intake leads to cellular reprogramming associated with prostate cancer progression and lethality, according to new research.
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- Written by: Christopher Labos
In Canada, the government of British Columbia is cracking down on vaping products. The plan is to reduce nicotine content, limit access to flavoured pods, mandate plain packaging with health warnings and raise the tax on vaping products to 20 per cent.
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- Written by: Aradhna Krishna et al.
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: Satchin Panda and Pam Taub
People with obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure or high cholesterol are often advised to eat less and move more, but our new research suggests there is now another simple tool to fight off these diseases
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- Written by: NBC News
Last year it took six weeks to trace the source of contaminated Romaine lettuce.
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- Written by: Hunt Allcott, et al
In the U.S., rich people tend to eat a lot healthier than poor people. Because poor diets cause obesity, Type II diabetes and other diseases, this nutritional inequality contributes to unequal health outcomes.
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- Written by: Lauren Green
Migraine is the third most prevalent illness in the world and causes suffering for tens of millions of people. In fact, nearly 1 in 4 U.S. household includes someone with migraines.
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- Written by: Amy Reichelt
We love sweet treats. But too much sugar in our diets can lead to weight gain and obesity, Type 2 diabetes and dental decay.
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- Written by: Lu Qi
More American adults are trying to lose weight these days, but the average body mass index of Americans has increased, research finds.
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- Written by: Stephanie Lake and M-J Milloy
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a psychiatric condition linked to surviving or witnessing a traumatic life event, will affect around one in 10 Canadians at some point in their lives.
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- Written by: Jeffrey Bennett
About 7.4 million people in the U.S. require manufactured insulin to stay alive. I’m one of them. I’ve lived with Type 1 diabetes for over 15 years and inject two kinds of insulin every day.
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- Written by: Stephanie Clintonia Boddie
For many young people, the toughest choice they will ever have to make about food is what to eat at home or what to choose from a menu.
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- Written by: William Yancy
For people with difficult-to-control diabetes, adding intensive weight management counseling to group medical visits provided extra health benefits beyond improved blood-sugar control, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
We often crave something (whether it is a new TV, a new car, a certain food, a relationship) only to find once we "fulfill" the craving, that we still aren't satisfied... Why? Because the object of the craving was only a symbol of what we really needed. What we are really seeking is...
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- Written by: Jeffrey Miller
Pizza is one of the world’s most popular foods. In the U.S., 350 slices are eaten every second, while 40% of Americans eat pizza at least once a week.
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- Written by: Paul Freedman
When was it decided that women prefer some types of food – yogurt with fruit, salads and white wine – while men are supposed to gravitate to chili, steak and bacon?
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- Written by: Breno Reboucas
Whether it’s M&M’s or Skittles, everyone has a favorite Halloween candy—but what happens when the sugar rush turns into a toothache at the end of the night?
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- Written by: Leah Ranney
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Sept. 15, 2019 that he plans to pursue emergency regulations to quickly ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, making New York the second state to consider such a ban
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- Written by: Tanya Lawlis
Exam time is quickly approaching for HSC and university students. While study is at the forefront, nutrition is often the furthest thing from students’ minds.
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- Written by: Jenny Weitzman
It now seems absurd that anyone once believed the ocean was inexhaustable: fish stocks are in dismal shape and scientists say overfishing is a global problem with potentially irreversible consequences to ecosystems and human livelihoods.
