By Chin Moi Chow, University of Sydney Caffeine and napping have something in common. Both make you feel alert and can enhance your performance, whether that’s driving, working or studying. But some people are convinced that drinking a coffee before a nap gives you an extra…
By Rosanne Lindsay What happens when men menstruate? Does this allow men to take on pregnancy, labor, and delivery, too? Will the invisible “glass ceiling” finally be broken? Will menstruating men bring gender equality after decades of imbalance? Will men brag about the size of their tampons? A…
Being disabled can feel debilitating in more ways than just physically. It can make it difficult to be able to get out and do things and it can make it difficult to keep yourself as healthy as you can be. If you want to maintain…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor What if your official occupation was a “baby cuddler?” As a volunteer, you would cuddle babies into sweet comfort during the time of their most crucial need for bonding. According to one of the biggest addiction experts, you may have broken the…
On March 13th, the Senate confirmed Seema Verma as head of the Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma will have oversight of an agency that handles over $1 trillion a year to pay the medical expenses of low-income and elderly citizens. A change in…
Our pets are like family. We spend time with them, talk to them, and often feed them just like people. Because we’re so close, we also want to do what’s best for their health at all times, so it’s worrisome when a pet falls ill….
By Heather Callaghan, Editor UK pageant finalist Rachel Crawley knows the pain of severe, cystic acne – and she’s documenting her healing journey on Instagram. Her simple diet change clearly worked, and now she is encouraging fans to help themselves by her own shining journey. Cystic…
By Jeremiah Johnson We are going to discuss how alcohol affects your physical training, and what physiological effects you must take into consideration. Please understand: I am not “demonizing” alcohol or alcoholic beverages, and am not scoffing or scorning anyone who partakes in them…
By Neenah Payne Robert Frost (1874-1963), the best known and most beloved American poet of the 20th century, won the Pulitzer Prize four times and was Poet Laureate of the US from 1958-1959. Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken is most famous for the lines:…
Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College Recently, my wife and I went through one of the more excruciating experiences of our lives – the euthanasia of our beloved dog, Murphy. I remember making eye contact with Murphy moments before she took her last breath – she…
With the HIV/AIDS epidemic no longer making headlines every day, it is entirely possible that people will assume that the danger of contracting this virus has gone away. But nothing could be further from the truth. The HIV/AIDS virus began to establish itself in the…
By Marta Woolford, Monash University and Joseph Ibrahim, Monash University Older people in nursing homes or aged care facilities are often locked up “for their own safety”. But our review shows there’s little justification in most cases for this unfair and unreasonable practice. In most cases,…
There is nothing that makes you feel more confident than having a nice complexion. Having beautiful skin can simply make your life better. The good news is that there are a number of things you can do that will help improve your skin to help…
By Rosanne Lindsay Today, thyroid disease is epidemic. Eighty-percent of thyroid disease is experienced by women with at least fifty percent of cases going undiagnosed. Eight-four percent of women with thyroid disease have fibrocystic breasts. Is there a connection between low thyroid function and fibrocysts? Thyroid disease…
By Brianna Acuesta “Normally, I need a cup of coffee ASAP to get my motor a’ runnin’, but I’ve been waking up refreshed, and with more energy than normal.” -Day 10 When Wil Fulton, a journalist at Thrilist, embarked on the Water Gallon Challenge he…
By Jenny Holt Alternative medicine has not always been popular in the modern world. The invention of medicines such as penicillin ushered the world into the field of pills, syrups, and injections as the primary and trusted ways of dealing with medical conditions. However, there…
By Karen Foster The Tsimane people — a forager-horticulturalist population of the Bolivian Amazon — have the lowest reported levels of vascular aging for any population in the world, with coronary atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) being five times less common than in the U.S….
By Steven M. Demorest, Northwestern University A Hungarian film titled “Sing” recently won the Oscar for best short film. “Sing” tells the story of young Zsófi, who joins a renowned children’s choir at her elementary school where “everyone is welcome.” Soon after joining, Zsófi is told…
You’re probably already aware that excessive stress causes unpleasant physical symptoms ranging from headaches to tight muscles. However, you may not have stopped to think that a stressful lifestyle also takes its toll on your mental abilities. There are some things you can do to…
By Health Tips Now We all have heard of the placebo effect, but even in the medicinal circles, relatively few have heard of the nocebo effect. In fact, this phenomenon is an evil twin of the placebo effect. The nocebo effect refers by definition to…
