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.
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...
Study: Exercise could help restore the brain health of those with Alzheimer’s
Despite predictions that up to 100 million people worldwide will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease by 2050, pharmaceutical giants announced earlier this year that new research on therapeutics will be brought to a halt. Fortunately, the pursuit of a therapeutic treatment for Alzheimer’s has Read More...
New smartphone app can find out whether or not its users are depressed
A startup in California is trying to use our obsession with the technology in our pockets to treat depression. When a patient installs the startup's app, it monitors things like the way the person types, taps, scrolls while using other apps. These seemingly mundane interactions with your phone can Read More...
Denmark wants to start labeling food based on its environmental impact
Many of the foods we eat on a daily basis have a direct impact on the environment. Danish officials want to make its citizens aware of that by adding the carbon footprint of food products on their labels. The use of pesticides, transportation, and packaging will play a significant role in Read More...
Study finds probiotic bacillus eliminates staphylococcus bacteria
A new study from National Institutes of Health scientists and their Thai colleagues shows that a "good" bacterium commonly found in probiotic digestive supplements helps eliminate Staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria that can cause serious antibiotic-resistant Read More...
This cheap drug may add many healthy years to your life
An Israeli scientist is promoting a drug, based on an ancient herbal remedy and used to treat type 2 diabetics as a cheap, generic, and safe antiaging pill. Preliminary studies show that the pill, that keeps blood sugar levels in check, may be able to help stave off many of the worst parts of Read More...