BY: JESSICA BEUKER Abortion clinics are closing in the United States at an alarming rate. In five states—Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming—only one clinic remains. And the Supreme Court is expected to consider whether or not a…
Confessions of a Dr. Google addict
BY TREVOR HEWITT I found a lump in my neck when I was 20. It was soft and the size of a small grape. To make matters worse, it was the middle of my exam period. Anxious and out of…
New labels that show how much exercise is needed to burn off junk food will change how you eat
BY: SWIKAR OLI The Royal Society for Public Health, a leading independent British public health charity, is calling for food to come with packaging labels showing the amount of activity required to burn the calories it contains. The updated packages…
Doctors are prescribing free health food instead of pills so people can afford to stay healthy
BY: ALEX BROWN The main problem with health food is not a deep-seated mistrust of broccoli carried over from childhood, but rather the exorbitant prices, which make it difficult for most to subscribe to a healthy diet. A new program…
New grocery store lets you buy health food for the price of fast-food
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Follow Rob on Instagram Imagine Whole Foods at dollar-store prices—a new company called Daily Table is shifting the power back to people of lower income, so they too have the option of eating right. This has long been…
A cancer centre designed a hospital that brings control and normality back to patients’ lives
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Hospitals are not places that conjure up feelings of warmth and comfort. No, more often they are cold, sterile, with a feeling of helplessness lingering in the air. A hospital is a stress factory, everyone is anxious…
Studies show how antibiotics do more harm than good to our stomachs
BY: TREVOR HEWITT Sure, antibiotics kill harmful bacteria – but at what cost? The loss of healthy stomach bacteria for up to a year, apparently. As antibiotic-resistant superbugs like MRSA and certain strains of E. coli become increasingly common, researchers…
Dancing with people is now proven to strengthen bonds and increase your pain tolerance
BY: SWIKAR OLI People dance as a form of expression, and have historically used it as a healing ritual and a form of therapy. Now, a study by Oxford University psychologists says that dancing, or even tapping in synchrony, may…
Diseases caused by lack of sunlight inspired this architect to design a window to save lives
BY: TYLER FYFE North American and European cities are getting denser and taller, casting shadows that stretch entire city blocks. That’s why Argentinian architect, Aldana Ferrer Garcia created an extending window for houses and apartments on the not-so-sunny side of…
2 hrs in nature could save you from being one of the 5 billion with vision problems by 2050
BY: JESSICA BEUKER By the year 2050 half of the world’s population—an estimated five billion—will be nearsighted. Of those people, one billion falls into a high-risk category, putting them at severe risk for permanent blindness. There are however, preventative measures…
NASA’s guide to the best air-filtering plants to have in your home
Maybe you’ve heard that having plants in your home is proven to increase happiness, and improve your attention span and even reduce fatigue at work. Even with these psychological benefits aside, there’s no denying the peaceful aesthetic of houseplants. One scarcely…
Travelling is scientifically proven to make you healthier
BY: ZOE MELNYK If for some reason you need another reason to travel besides the thrill of adventure and the opportunity to explore the hidden corners of the world and your mind, try your health. Besides the obvious psychological benefits…
How Walmart, Target and GNC got away with selling fake supplements
BY: TED BARNABY If you live in the U.S., you’ve probably felt the pressure of a system where money is more than just a means to an end—it’s also the currency of many moral, political and even legal issues. So…
NASA will pay you $18,000 to stay in bed for 70 straight days
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Usually at some point in the day (and for some of us, multiple points) many of us find ourselves wishing we could abandon our responsibilities to return back to our beds to live out the rest of…
The seven incredible health benefits of doing a headstand
BY: TED BARNABY The headstand is a popular pose amongst Yoga enthusiasts, and with good reason. The inverted pose isn’t just done for fun, or because it looks cool. Headstands generate a surprising number of health benefits, both physical and…
Forget cancer and ebola: Antibiotic resistance is the world’s new major health yhreat
BY: The Plaid Zebra Are we returning to a medieval era where people will drop like flies from ordinary infections, where a child may not be able to survive a rusty nail through the foot or harsh bout of strep…
Your laptop could be killing you: Electromagnetic poisoning in the digital age
By: KATY WILLIS In the Digital Age, electromagnetic radiation is everywhere. Even though you can’t see it or “feel” it, electromagnetic radiation is found in natural phenomena such as sunlight and in the form of visible and invisible light waves.…