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.
Schadenfreude is a feeling of pleasure that occurs to some people when they find out that someone else is hurting. Feeling pleasure, even joy, when seeing someone else fail, flounder or fall victim has to be one of the most unsettling (and repulsive) concepts—but it isn’t rare and it’s Read More...
Probiotics are known for their abilities to heal your digestive woes and promote a healthy gastrointestinal system. But did you know that new research shows that can impact whole body healthy? In fact, some studies are indicating that probiotics may be a big player in brain function and health as Read More...
There's a saying in the Netherlands that you can eat "from the wall". This is because there is a fastfood chain where, after inserting some coins, you can get your snack right out of a box in the wall, 24/7. But "eating from the wall" could get a whole new impulse, a healthier one, with the idea to Read More...
Death is a certainty in life, but premature death has become less of a certainty in the United States, according to a new study. Researchers compared the rates and causes of death in the U.S. population between 1969 and 2013 using death certificate data from the National Vital Statistics System. Read More...
A new study has found that relaxation techniques dramatically decreases the need for healthcare visits and interventions, which is a good reason to pull out the old yoga mat. Healthcare practitioners have known for a long time that using relaxation techniques can improve health, but it’s hard Read More...
A Milwaukee hospital is trying a new approach to get newly insured residents to stop using emergency rooms as their main source of medical care and develop relationships with doctors instead. The pilot project at Aurora Sinai Medical Center, the only hospital left in a mostly poor, black area of Read More...
A daily capsule of probiotic bacteria may help people cope with mild anxiety and memory problems, according to a small study of healthy men. Those who took the bug-bearing capsules for a month reported less stress and anxiety, and had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the morning, than Read More...
Don't throw away bruised fruit. Instead, try to eat it, or even... drink it. Coming up soon is an online TV series that will show you that food waste can even be used to brew beer. Food and culture website First We Feast brought together TV Chef Mario Batali and brewer Sam Calagione, who will Read More...
The world of agriculture is shifting from its traditional methods of growing food to much more sustainable, efficient systems. London has a subterranean urban farm, Kyoto will soon have a hi-tech indoor “vegetable factory” and now two Italian architects have created a floating greenhouse called Read More...
Training patients to practice deep relaxation techniques like yoga and meditation – long touted to ease stress and anxiety – may also lead them to make fewer doctor visits, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers analyzed data on more than 4,400 patients who were referred by their health Read More...