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.
New breath test offers cheap, non-invasive way to detect esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer can be treated swiftly if detected early, but the problem is most cases are only detected once the symptoms start showing up. Fortunately, scientists in the Netherlands have developed a new type of breath test that can detect one of the cancer’s known precursors with great Read More...
Infertile cancer survivor becomes first to give birth through new procedure
While chemotherapy is often effective, it can also cause a slew of side effects that last long after a patient is cancer-free, such as infertility. Such was the case for a French woman who underwent chemotherapy following her breast cancer diagnosis five years ago. The treatment worked as intended Read More...
Scotland passes bill to make menstrual products free to anyone in need
In 2018, Scotland became the first country in the world to make menstrual products free to all students in schools, colleges, and universities in the country. This week, Scotland took this idea a giant step further after passing a bill to provide free menstrual products to everyone who needs Read More...
Plant-based meat sandwiches will be available in Canadian Starbucks stores
From pumpkin spice lattes to frappuccinos, Starbucks is famous for its signature menu items. Next week, a fake meat meal will join the menu as the coffee giant unveils its Beyond Meat breakfast sandwich in stores across Canada. Earlier this year, Starbucks announced its new corporate Read More...
This smart appliance can help you reduce food waste in the kitchen
While the world wastes a mind-boggling one-third (or 1.3 billion tons) of the food it produces, in some parts of the globe people can barely find a bite to eat. This makes it even more important to come up with solutions to this urgent issue. With that in mind, industrial designers Altino Alex Read More...
The bubbles in your beverage could be helping mitigate climate change
Yesterday we shared our ultimate guide to choosing the best carbon offsets. Another increasingly popular carbon reduction strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change is carbon capture. Climeworks is a carbon capture company based in Switzerland. The vast majority of the CO2 they remove Read More...
Eco Femme is a leader in promoting menstrual education and sustainability
Unfortunately, even in the 21st century, access to clean, safe, affordable menstrual products is a privilege, not a right, for many women. In India, more than 23 million girls drop out of school due to the absence of toilets and lack of awareness about menstruation and menstrual hygiene management. Read More...
New study finds link between clean teeth and lower systemic inflammation
Brushing your teeth well won’t just give you a cleaner smile. In a new randomized pilot study, which was published in The American Journal of Medicine, researchers found that bushing with a plaque-identifying toothpaste can potentially lower levels of systemic inflammation by improving a Read More...
Kellogg’s pledges to clean up its act with palm oil reforms
Green pledges from companies such as Starbucks and H&M show that consumer pressure does have an impact on corporate behavior. In another win for consumer activists this week, Kellogg’s is responding to an online petition started by two sisters a year ago and taking a stand against Read More...
This startup wants to enhance our food with plant-based ‘supernutrients’
Inside the San Francisco lab of a biotech startup called Brightseed, computers are analyzing thousands of compounds in tiny samples of plants and searching for new samples of what it calls “supernutrients”—natural compounds that can later be harvested and added to food to help improve Read More...