Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Nick Fuller, University of Sydney
It’s also common to see ads touting special diets, pills and supplements that will blast fat in targeted areas. These ads – which often feature impressive before and after photos taken weeks apart – can seem believable.
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- Written by: Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller
Blood test detects cancer protein in under 2 hours
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- Written by: Sharon E. Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
As Western medicine became more popular, traditional treatments that had been handed down for generations were cast aside, despite the benefits of some of those approaches.
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- Written by: Leon Lack, and Nicole Lovato, Flinders University
How dangerous is insomnia? How fear of what it’s doing to your body can wreck your sleep.
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- Written by: Sophie Lewis, University of Sydney et al
‘I’m not going to be cured’. How breast cancer awareness and support sidelines people with metastatic disease
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- Written by: Sascha Kael Rasmussen-U. Copenhagen
We found that even in non-seasonal animals, differences in light hours between summer and winter do cause differences in energy metabolism. In this case, body weight, fat mass, and liver fat content.
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- Written by: Boris Hansel,and Jérémy Puyraimond-Zemmour
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f there’s one area where shelled fruits [JN1] have proved their worth, it’s bringing cholesterol down.
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- Written by: Jerry M. Kantor
When likening each basic emotion to a tool, an emotion’s expression serves the purpose of problem solving.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
In today's intricate food landscape, sugar, with its many guises, emerges as a particularly misleading protagonist.
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- Written by: Gurpreet Singh, Binghamton University
Are people born with good balance? A physical therapist explains the systems that help keep you on your toes
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- Written by: athy Katella, Yale University
Experts from Yale University have answers for you about the newly updated COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Tobacco companies have manipulated people's health with tobacco products, causing immeasurable harm and leading to countless preventable diseases. But...
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- Written by: Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
The ancients knew about Earth’s powers long before science did, of course, naturally benefitting from its nourishment by their simple lifestyles alone. They lived as one with the Earth...
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- Written by: Helene Ragovin-Tufts
Correctly flossing boosts chances for avoiding gum disease, dental researchers say.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
In an age where convenience often takes precedence over concern, plastics have nestled themselves comfortably into nearly every corner of our lives.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
In specific distinct locations worldwide, individuals enjoy extended lifespans that frequently reach well into their 90s and beyond.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
In our pursuit of better health and well-being, we must equip ourselves with the knowledge that can potentially enhance our lives and those of our loved ones.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
You've probably heard of catnip in relationship to cats. Some cats really love it. On the other hand, bugs hate catnip. I'm talking of mosquitoes, black flies...
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- Written by: Lindsay Middleton, University of Glasgow
English Heritage is now selling what it calls “the best thing since sliced bread” at 13 of its sites – brown bread ice cream, inspired by a Georgian recipe.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
The need for quick and accurate testing has never been more evident, and now, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed an innovative solution: a breath test.
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- Written by: Robert Jennings, InnerSelf.com
Loneliness can profoundly impact our physical and emotional health, and a new study from Tulane University has shed light on its significant role in the development of cardiovascular disease among people with diabetes.
