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.
Regenerative farming can save our planet, but it needs your support
Avoiding the catastrophic effects of climate change that the scientific community has been warning us about isn’t just a matter of cutting the number of emissions that humans produce. If we want to save our planet, then we must also recapture the existing emissions that hang in our atmosphere. Read More...
Tongue zapping and electronic music may help alleviate tinnitus symptoms
It’s estimated that 10 to 15 percent of people worldwide suffer from tinnitus, a medical condition causing sufferers to constantly hear sounds that aren’t actually there. A new experimental device, though, may finally help them find peace of mind. Called Lenire, the device was developed by a Read More...
Add these 3 herbs to your smoothies to nourish the nervous system
Inflammation is a protective response from your immune system to injury or damage from sustained stress. In this day and age, there are plenty of things that can cause sustained stress in your body, from environmental pollution to consistent emotional turbulence, something that many of us are Read More...
Guy Fieri serves thousands of meals to California firefighters
Guy Fieri is best known for his eccentric hair and delectable Food Network Series, but the celeb chef is also quite the philanthropist in his community. Most recently, Fieri fed 2,000 firefighters battling the wildfires in northern California. The “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” star grew Read More...
12 companies turning food waste into wealth
As the old saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure and this is the driving philosophy behind the companies upcycling food waste into new products. The Upcycled Food Association (UFA) defined upcycled food products as those which "use ingredients that otherwise would not have gone Read More...
Lighting systems that mimic natural light can help the elderly sleep better
Elderly residents of nursing homes have a tendency to fall asleep at any hour of the day. The problem with this is that they can get a bit too much sleep during the day, meaning they have periods of wakefulness during the night. This can lead to a vicious cycle of fragmented sleep, which can put Read More...
Chronic pain is difficult to treat, but yoga and meditation can offer relief
Researchers continue to unearth more and more benefits of yoga and meditation. If stress reduction, lowered risk of illness, and better sleep weren’t enough to convince you to roll out that yoga mat, researchers have now found that yoga and meditation can help relieve chronic Read More...
Breath test detects 80 percent of cancer cases in first trials
Scientists in Australia have developed a special breath test that can quickly detect head and neck cancers with a high degree of accuracy. Around the world, head and neck cancers account for six percent of all cancers and kill around 300,000 people. Treatments can be effective, but that’s only Read More...
Researchers say the sustainable food of the future lies under the sea
Last week we shared a story about how more Germans are moving to a vegetarian or flexitarian diet. Cutting meat out of our diets means replacing this protein and fatty acid source with a nutritional alternative, but what are the most sustainable alternatives available? This is exactly the question Read More...
Fecal transfers shown to promote healthier gut microbes in C-section babies
Babies delivered via Cesarean section often have different gut microbes than those delivered vaginally, but new research using mom-to-infant microbial transplants has been successful in boosting gut health and long-term health outcomes of C-section babies. Although it might sound a little Read More...