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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.
Why is CBD everywhere?
It’s hard to say the precise moment when CBD, the voguish cannabis derivative, went from being a fidget spinner alternative for stoners to a mainstream panacea. Maybe it was in January, when Mandy Moore, hours before the Golden Globes, told Coveteur that she was experimenting with CBD oil to Read More...
Echinacea: One of the best supplements for overly stressed people
The pressed juice of purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) can help relieve the effects of restraint stress, according to the authors of a study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food. The study reveals that this effect also reverses the negative impacts of restraint stress on the immune Read More...
Serial entrepreneur takes on the hydrogen water challenge for cancer treatment
Some entrepreneurs are motivated by money, others by the challenge of scale, and many others by a passion for their product. But like Edison in his day (with much thanks to Nikola Tesla), another class of entrepreneur is spurred on by what others claim is Read More...
Study: Cannabis oil provides alleviation for patients with Crohn's disease
Scientists have found yet another striking benefit of the cannabis plant. Researchers in Israel discovered that the cannabis oil made from the plant can alleviate the symptoms of Chron’s disease, In the study, 65 percent of patients using the cannabis oil saw full clinical remission in their Read More...
Compound found in rare Chinese tree could treat pancreatic cancer
Scientists have discovered a compound within a rare Chinese tree that can effectively kill pancreatic cancer tumors. When used together with a common chemotherapy drug, the compound attacks tumors that had previously resisted treatment. The new findings may drastically improve the outlook for Read More...
Breathing through the nose aids memory storage
The way we breathe may affect how well our memories are consolidated (i.e. reinforced and stabilized). If we breathe through the nose rather than the mouth after trying to learn a set of smells, we remember them Read More...
Chronic inflammation linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s
While it is widely shown that possessing the ApoE4 gene is the major genetic risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), not all ApoE4 carriers develop AD. For the first time, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that ApoE4 linked with chronic inflammation Read More...
How sunshine helps kill the germs in your home
Researchers in Oregon set up a study of dusty, dollhouse-size rooms to compare what happens in rooms exposed to daylight through regular glass and rooms kept in the dark. What they found was that the rooms exposed to daylight had fewer germs. In fact, the study showed that the lit rooms had about Read More...
How is the size of your home affecting your happiness and health?
Over the last four decades, Britain's living spaces have become much smaller. Earlier this year it was reported that UK living rooms have shrunk by a third, with the average lounge in a new-build home now 32 percent smaller than in equivalent homes built in the 1970s; kitchens are also 13 percent Read More...
Premium access to meditation app covered by French insurance company
Learning to meditate nowadays can be as easy as opening up an app on your smartphone. Still, while such apps are highly convenient, most of them require a paid subscription for full-content access. A French health insurance startup thinks all its clients should have access to a meditation app, Read More...