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.
How to ensure that your liver is doing its job properly
Do you feel consistently groggy? Have seasonal allergies or itchy skin? If you find yourself feeling less vital than you used to, you may be suffering from sub-optimal liver function. Ensuring that your liver is in good health and not overloaded with chemicals can help your body prevent a great Read More...
New fecal transplant technique successfully treats inflammatory bowel disease
While several decades of research have slowly been building a scientific case for the efficacy of fecal transplants as a treatment for a variety of conditions, there is still a lack of consensus over the best way to prepare and administer these fecal samples. A new Australian trial has revealed Read More...
Top 10 US cities for plant-based eating
I am old enough to remember when there was maybe one place in a given city in which a person could get a vegan or vegetarian meal. And said vegan or vegetarian meal was often flirting so hard with the health-food cliche that it was hard to celebrate it much as a culinary experience. But times have Read More...
Life in the Digital Age
By Sadie Wilbur and Shaelyn McHugh Connected and Content: Strategies For Using Technology in Healthy Ways For the first time ever, more than half of the world’s population is using the internet, according to the International Telecommunication Union. The United Nations specialized agency Read More...
These cow-free dairy products taste exactly like the real stuff
Using his ability to create proteins genetically identical to those of animals, a bio-engineer has managed to develop cow-free dairy products that taste exactly like the real thing. Together with another vegan biologist, the scientist created a technology to insert a DNA sequence into microflora Read More...
Floating deep farms promise year round production of food crops
However, rising sea levels caused by climate change are likely to lead to increased erosion and inundation of salt water, reducing the amount of land available for farming, particularly on small islands and in low-lying coastal regions. Now researchers at Nottingham University have developed the Read More...
Is black pepper healthy? Here's what the science says
Like salt, black pepper sits on almost every kitchen table or countertop in America. But while whole books have been written about sodium consumption and human health, black pepper, and its compounds have garnered little attention from Read More...
Newly-discovered mechanism can help boost immune system to fight cancer
New medical research has discovered that inhibiting a certain mechanism in our organism can enable the immune system to fight cancer cells in a better and more efficient way. The study has focused on a mechanism that routinely serves the cell by marking human virus-like genes in order to avoid Read More...
More hospitals in the US are joining in to make their own generic drugs
Hospitals have joined forces to create a non-profit organization, called Civica Rx, to make their own drugs in an attempt to upend the generic drug business. Recently, the creative plan has gained a lot of attention from other hospitals around the US who are interested in being a part of the Read More...
The best way to keep fit changes as you age
The effect of exercise on health is profound. It can protect you from a range of conditions, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers. But the type and amount of exercise you should do changes as you age. To ensure that you are doing the right type of exercise for your age, Read More...