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.
Smart exercise helps you age well and feel young. Here’s how to do it
Physical decline as the body ages is inevitable, something to be grumbled about, accepted and dealt with. That fundamental law has not changed, but the way we manage aging has. Getting older need not mean getting weaker, at least not until the end is truly near. Just look at athletes like Roger Read More...
Three-minute brain stimulation found effective for hard-to-treat depression
A new study finds that a three-minute version of a brain stimulation treatment is just as effective as the standard 37-minute version for Read More...
How traditional health claims about India’s ayurvedic foods make big business
In India, you can buy saffron that is “useful in asthma, indigestion, body pain, fever, dry skin diseases and pregnancy”, ghee that increases “memory power”, intellect and digestion, and lemon pickle that “improves your immunity level and helps the human body develop resistance against Read More...
Why mushrooms need to become a part of your diet
In the past, food scientists often praised mushrooms as healthy because what they don't contribute to the diet; they contain no cholesterol and gluten and are low in fat, sugars, sodium and calories. But that was selling mushrooms short. They are very healthy foods and could have medicinal Read More...
Third of early deaths could be prevented by everyone giving up meat, Harvard says
At least one-third of early deaths could be prevented if everyone moved to a vegetarian diet, Harvard scientists have Read More...
Fostering a new culture around organ donation could save more lives
Although the organ donation system saves thousands of lives in the US each year, there are only half as many donors as there are deaths with the potential to donate. That means there are still many organs from the dying that could become a gift of life for someone else. But if we change our mindset Read More...
Surgeons just completed the first total penis and scrotum transplant
It’s an unthinkable injury to sustain, but the loss of genitals sometimes happens in war. Fortunately for anyone who is unfortunate enough to sustain such an injury, there is hope after researchers successfully transplanted an entire penis and scrotum to a young serviceman who lost his genitals Read More...
Tai Chi may improve brain health and muscle recovery
New research published in the Journal of Neuroimaging suggests that tai chi could improve brain health and speed up muscle recovery. Tai Chi is a gentle, low-impact ancient Chinese flowing form of meditative movement that has been practiced for centuries. A form of mind-body exercise, Tai Read More...
How a cannabis extract relieves anxiety without the high
Marijuana is known to work well for relieving anxiety and easing aches and pains. However, for those who don’t want to become high, it’s not exactly an attractive option. Enter CBD—a cannabis extract. CBD has all the stress relieving side-effects of marijuana, but without the mind-altering Read More...
Meet the creator of the meat-free burgers of Impossible Foods
On an otherwise unadorned table at an event space overlooking Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, glass bowls displayed the constituent parts of the Impossible Burger. One contained a B-vitamin-laced potato protein paste, another wheat protein, a third a globule of coconut oil. In a fourth, shimmering Read More...