Today’s Solutions: November 29, 2024

Health

Finding good health news amidst a pandemic can be quite daunting. That’s not the case with The Optimist Daily, where positive news is in high supply. Our Health section covers the latest good news from the health sector, featuring solutions ranging from mental and physical health to immunity, nutrition, and cutting edge medical research.

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New cancer treatment could replace chemotherapy in 10 years

A new therapy that kills cancer cells by boosting the body’s immune system is taking off in Hong Kong and might replace chemotherapy within a decade, a University of Hong Kong medical expert Read More...

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Alzheimer’s wake-up call: quality sleep may help prevent the disease

A good night's sleep does more than rejuvenating you for the next day. It may help protect you against Alzheimer's disease. Research has begun to show an association between poor sleep and a higher risk of accumulating beta-amyloid protein plaques in the brain, one of the hallmarks of the Read More...

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This chandelier improves the air quality in your home

There are lamps that mimic natural light. There are also innovations that filter pollution out of the air in the streets. Now, a designer has combined the two approaches in a “living chandelier”. The chandelier absorbs carbon dioxide from the air and releases Read More...

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Impossible Foods wants to replace all animal-based food by 2035

We know that Silicon Valley can make traditional industries tremble. Impossible Foods is an unusual startup in the Valley, but not just because of its location we may take its mission seriously. The company, that has already introduced a “bleeding” veggie burger that many can't differentiate Read More...

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Why your mind is better than pills at conquering pain

Mind over matter: How true is this statement? More than you think. Stress has a bad reputation, but not all of it is Read More...

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Cheese without the dairy: How chefs are producing cheeses that vegans can eat

With an aftertaste compared to pencil erasers or Play-Doh, vegan cheese has never stood a chance to the real thing. That was, until now. A new generation of vegan chefs and food entrepreneurs has figured out what was missing: fermentation. Using traditional techniques, tastier plant-based cheeses Read More...

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Farmers in India are on a mission to conserve indigenous rice from extinction

India was once home to 100,000 rice varieties, but that number has shrunken drastically as the government continues to push farmers to grow high-yield, less hardy hybrid strains of rice to feed the population. But these varieties are not always the best for the local circumstances. That's why Read More...

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Study links depression to inflammation in the brain

A major study published in 2015 found a strong correlation between a person undergoing a major depressive episode and enhanced neuroinflammation, an active immune defense in the central nervous system. Building upon this study, a team of researchers performed a new study that found that Read More...

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Chronic fatigue therapy 'could help teenagers', study says

A training programme tested on children with mild or moderate chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) can reduce fatigue and increase attendance at school, a small study from the University of Bristol Read More...

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This man is on a mission to change the way we grow, eat and think about food

Everything about the way vegetables are produced and eaten nowadays is completely contradictive. We eat vegetables to be healthy, and yet, we grow vegetables using chemicals that make us sick. If we want to stop harming the environment and ourselves, author Charles Massy says we must change the way Read More...