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.
Can we prevent cancer?
Cancer is a fascinating phenomenon. It borrows its disturbing intelligence from our vital functions to corrupt them and turn them against themselves. Studies have revealed how this corruption operates. Whether it’s generating inflammation or fabricating blood vessels, cancer imitates our basic Read More...
Can we prevent cancer?
Why do a third of us get cancer during our lives while the rest of us do not? The question has long attracted researchers. It’s possible that we all have the potential to play host to the tumors—but we certainly all have bodies designed to prevent them from proliferating. Why do our immune Read More...
Surgeries are becoming less invasive
Our body’s are sealed up pretty tight, which is usually good but when something goes wrong on the inside fixing it means cutting you open. Surgeries are invasive, but thankfully new methods are minimizing their impact. Processes like single-site surgeries only require one small hole for access. Read More...
Diet for a healthy planet
One of the prevailing problems with our health system if how often doctors prescribe drugs that treat symptoms instead of finding the root cause of the problem. And often, the problem causing your health to decline is diet and exercise—or lack there of. The Mediterranean Diet is full of fish, Read More...
Diet for a healthy planet
One of the most glaring defects of our health system is doctors’ tendency to treat physical symptoms by prescribing drugs rather than recognizing that our symptoms reflect our unhealthy lifestyles. A good physician will give patients regular check-ups, measuring blood pressure, glucose, insulin, Read More...
App makes childbirth in the developing world safer
Everyday 800 women die during childbirth, most of those women live in developing countries. While indoor plumbing and electricity aren’t always available, almost everyone has a mobile phone. The Safe Delivery App teaches users how to navigate complicated childbirths through animated clinical Read More...
Exercise is the best ADHD medication
In the 80s and 90s Attention Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis skyrocketed, and with them so did prescriptions to Adderall, Ritalin, and other psychostimulants. These drugs are being used to help those with ADHD focus their thoughts and ignore distractions. But many children experience Read More...
Acting could help autism
Children with with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) have trouble with social interactions and imagination—two areas that can be improved with regular acting classes. An acting based intervention project called the SENSE Theater project helps children cope with ASD through drama classes. Children Read More...
Tried and true: exercise to ward off heart failure
Now that saturated fats are good for you and cholesterol is no longer a ‘bad guy’, there is still one tried and true method to improve your heart health that medical doctors and healers of all stripes agree on: exercise. A new study from Uppsala University and the Karolinska Institute has Read More...
First breath test for TB
Tuberculosis (TB) kills 1.3 million people globally every year. But a breakthrough screening process might indicate that TB deaths could go down significantly within the next few years. A new TB screening process, developed by researchers at the University of New Mexico, detects an enzyme that is Read More...