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.
Are your eggs still fresh? Find out by doing this simple test
Eggs have become more popular as people try to cut down on meat consumption and embrace a more ‘flexitarian’ diet. Unfortunately, this also means more eggs are getting wasted than ever before. People in the UK alone are throwing away 720 million eggs every year – three times more than in Read More...
Georgia becomes first state to offer free tampons to low-income women
In the United States, access to tampons and pads for low-income women is a real problem: food stamps don’t cover feminine hygiene products, so some women resort to selling their food stamps in order to pay for “luxuries” like tampons, which can be very expensive. This is especially Read More...
VR-based therapy can do wonders for patients with social anxiety disorders
There’s no doubt that Virtual Reality (VR) is a technological game-changer, but new research shows that it could also become a breakthrough in treating mental health problems. According to a recent study, combining cognitive-behavioral therapy with VR technology could help people suffering from Read More...
Cervical cancer rates have fallen to record lows in the UK. Here's why
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a very common virus that infects humans. Some of the infection's types are linked to cervical cancer – the second most common type of cancer in women under 35 in the UK. But the good news is emerging on the horizon as researchers claim that routine vaccination of Read More...
How meditation can do wonders for your physical health
Meditation has become somewhat of a buzzword over the last few years, with everyone from scientists to celebrities advocating on behalf of the practice. So, is it just a bunch of hype? Or can meditation actually bring positive changes to one’s life? According to researchers, meditation can work Read More...
Suffering from migraines? Following this diet will help you keep the pain away
If you suffer from migraines frequently, you don’t need to rely on pain medicine to get the relief you desire. Instead, all you need to do to stave off migraines is make a few changes to your diet. After twenty-two years of clinical research on migraine management, Rodolfo Low discovered a Read More...
What’s the deal with anti-pollution skincare products?
As more and more people become concerned with the effects of air pollution on the body, a wave of new skincare products have emerged that promise to combat harmful particles associated with air pollution. These products work by cleansing the skin from nanoparticles that are absorbed from the air or Read More...
Study: Fish slime could be a potential source for new antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent threats to global health nowadays. In order to find a solution to this growing problem, scientists are searching for new bacteria-killing drugs in all kinds of environments. Recently, researchers have started looking at the layer of mucus that coats Read More...
To get more people on the bus, we need to look towards Auckland, New Zealand
The city of Auckland in New Zealand has seen their population grow steadily since 2000—at around 2 percent per year. Despite this, transit ridership numbers were stagnating, something that many growing cities have struggled with. Eager to get citizens away from their cars and into public Read More...
Unmanned drones are now delivering blood to a hospital in North Carolina
The cargo for the first revenue-generating drone delivery in the United States wasn’t an Amazon package or 7-Eleven Slurpee — it was blood. On Tuesday, UPS launched a new service using drones to transport blood and other medical samples between the various buildings at Read More...