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.
Study: Probiotics halve bone loss in the elderly
Osteoporosis is a big problem, especially for women after menopause. A new study shows that taking a probiotic for at least a year halves the bone loss of similar women who didn’t take the supplement. The research provides yet another example of the way the gut regulates our health. The discovery Read More...
Ashwagandha: the ancient Ayurvedic herb with many health benefits
Ashwagandha, one of the most powerful herbs in Ayurvedic healing, has been used since ancient times for a wide variety of conditions. It is most well-known for its restorative and rejuvenating Read More...
25 startups leading innovation in agriculture this year
Agriculture faces many challenges: labor shortages, decreasing soil health, food spoilage, and –recently—trade wars. The good news is that technology is bringing many new groundbreaking solutions to the production of food. Here’s a list of 25 business innovations. It’s interesting to note Read More...
Pulses raised as new study reveals secrets of the plant that keeps people calm
Chemical secrets of a plant used throughout history for its calming effects have been revealed in new research. These new findings came from research into Indian Snakeroot (Rauwolfia serpentina) which has been used for millennia in South and South East-Asia as a Read More...
The science behind the effects that physical activity has on your brain
Wendy Suzuki is a Professor of neural science and psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University. She is also an author and a fitness instructor. She is researching the science behind the extraordinary, life-changing effects that physical activity can have on the most important Read More...
Army study quantifies changes in stress after meditation
For a thousand years, people have reported feeling better by meditating but there has never been a systematic study that quantified stress and how much stress changes as a direct result of meditation until Read More...
Sleeping better under a weighted blanket
If you're a light sleeper, have trouble dozing off, or just generally like the "safe" feeling of being under heavy covers, a weighted blanket may change your sleep for the better. It did for Read More...
Vitamin D may decrease breast cancer risk, study reports
Vitamin D is hailed as a wonder nutrient, capable of lowering a person's risk of different forms of cancer. Recent research now confirms that people with high enough levels of this vitamin in their blood have a significantly lower risk of breast Read More...
Seven ways to improve your memory
Getting plenty of sleep, learning difficult new skills and staying socially active can all help to keep your memory Read More...
Probiotics, prebiotics, and placebos: which is more effective?
Do you take probiotics? The idea of a "healthy gut flora" might have gotten you laughed out of the room just five years ago, but they've slowly become far more accepted and are now firmly in the mainstream. About 1.6 percent of America (3.7 million people) took them either regularly or Read More...