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New research shows that Mediterranean diet slows aging
According to a new study funded by the European Union, the wholesome foods found in the Mediterranean diet—olive oil and foods like fish, whole grains, fruits, veggies, and very little red meat—may help the human body at the molecular level and ultimately slow aging and decrease bone loss. Read More...
Read this economic statistic: The sale of ping-pong tables in Silicon Valley
The ping-pong table has become synonymous with global startup culture. In Silicon Valley organizations like Startup Ping Pong and the San Francisco Ping-Pong League have popped up in recent years. In Australia, a ping-pong table is tax-deductible for certain businesses. However, The Wall Street Read More...
Ad-zapping software company will integrate system to get consumers to pay for content
Readers of online news don’t like ads. That’s why there are ad blockers. It’s a problem for publishers who need the revenue to survive (and we know about that at The Optimist Daily). Now AdBlock Plus, the ad-busting browser extension that has been downloaded more than half a billion times, is Read More...
”Mindfulness therapy works as well as anti-depressant drugs”
Mindfulness therapy works as well as some anti-depressant drugs in fighting depression, according to a major new study. The study—the largest-ever analysis of research on the subject—found mindfulness-based cognitive therapy helped people just as much as commonly prescribed anti-depressant Read More...
Study: One minute of all-out exercise is enough to maintain health and fitness
What’s the most beneficial type of exercise? The answer is interval training, and you don’t need much of it at all to maintain good health and fitness. Interval training is a type of workout that consists of an extremely draining but brief burst of exercise—a sprint—followed by light Read More...
Scientists reverse symptoms of Alzheimer’s in fruit flies and mice
There’s hardly any good news about Alzheimer’s disease. So it is remarkable to find two promising reports about the disease on one day. Researchers have found a compound that reverses symptoms of the disease in fruit flies. The effect on the flies was significant, improving their movement and Read More...
Study shows that companies with older workers are the most innovative
According to standard business thinking, a younger workforce and more dynamic, innovative companies go hand in hand. However, as a new Australian study shows, ageism in the workforce is built on a faulty premise. The study has found that contrary to stereotypes and assumptions, the most innovative Read More...
This vital signs cap will keep an extra eye on infants in understaffed hospitals
Hospitals in developing countries can be terribly understaffed, with nurses taking care of 20 or 30 critically ill babies at the same time. That’s why two Columbia University graduates have developed the Neopenda hat, a little cap that tracks the vital signs of the baby wearing it. Inside the Read More...
New studies confirm success of immunotherapy in treating cancer
Two new studies show that immunotherapy which marshals the body’s own immune defenses is now proving effective against difficult-to-treat head and neck cancer and an extremely lethal skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma. The new studies appear to be the first to find that immunotherapy can Read More...
Mars tells consumers which products not to eat all of the time
Many leading food companies make products that are not so healthy for consumers. In a never-before-seen move within the food industry, Mars will distinguish its products between “everyday” and “occasional” items on food labels and on its website. This means that the company itself will tell Read More...