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.
Give your body a boost with these 15 nutrient-dense foods
If you want to boost your energy naturally and enjoy greater health, one of the best things you can do is eat nutrient-dense foods. Nutrient-dense foods are typically real and unprocessed foods, and have not been chemically altered or filled with synthetic ingredients. They’re foods that have a Read More...
A high-tech sustainable greenhouse is about to be built in coal country
Kentucky may be coal country, but that’s not stopping entrepreneurs from introducing sustainability to the state. In Morehead, a small town where roughly one in three people live below the poverty line, a company called AppHarvest is constructing a massive new 60-acre high-tech greenhouse will be Read More...
Oyster mushrooms could help patients in impoverished countries fight tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases in low-income countries, where limited infrastructure, obtaining and storing vitamin supplements can be difficult. With that in mind, German scientists are now suggesting that people in such regions could fight TB by ingesting Read More...
Men are finding mental health support from an unexpected source: Reddit
Keegan Bursaw’s son was born “out of nowhere” at 26 weeks and five days. Then came three and a half months in the neonatal intensive-care unit. Doctors told Bursaw he had to be strong for his wife and son, but the too-new father wasn’t sure how to do that. So he asked Reddit. On Read More...
Suffering from headaches? This yoga pose can take the pain away
Whenever you get a bad headache, your first inclination might be to reach for the medicine cabinet and take an ibuprofen. This is especially the case when you have something you need to get done and you can’t do it with the raging pain affecting your brain. Still, if there was a way to quickly Read More...
This simple trick can help you avoid weight gain on your next vacation
It’s summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Perhaps a bit too easy if you’re going on a relaxing vacation with nothing better to do but lounge all day. Yes, a relaxing getaway can be a great way to spend your summer vacation, but if you plan to take it easy and indulge in delicious food, don’t Read More...
Burnout is no joke. Here’s how to find out if you’re suffering from one
It’s normal to feel stressed at work from time to time. But for some people, the stress becomes all-consuming, leading to exhaustion, cynicism, and hatred towards your job. This is known as burnout, which used to be classified as a problem related to life management, but was re-labeled as an Read More...
Why you shouldn’t throw away the pineapple core and other great food parts
Reducing food waste is one of the greatest ways for people to help reverse climate change, and at the same time save money, feed more people, and help preserve threatened ecosystems. Most people likely don't want to throw out perfectly good food – but there are just a lot of things we don't Read More...
Severe headache sufferers in the UK will soon benefit from high-tech pain relief
A cluster headache is a severe headache that can cause excruciating pain on one side of the head, often felt around the eye. The extremely painful headache, which affects nearly 110,000 people in the UK, is one of the most debilitating conditions known to medical science. Now, sufferers in the Read More...
Good dental hygiene may be key to reducing risk of Alzheimer’s diseases
Flossing and brushing your teeth may do more than just clean your teeth and keep your gums clean--it may also help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from Norway have determined that the bacteria that causes the gum disease gingivitis was found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and is Read More...