Aug 30, 2019
A new study shows that eating a vegan diet does not compromise endurance in runners.
Researchers have discovered that cold or unsupportive mothering styles can harm a child’s health into adulthood.
Regular exposure to sunlight can decrease the incidence of irritable bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, in children.
Sleep quality, including taking longer to fall asleep and waking more during the night, may be linked to the development of peptic ulcers.
Maqui, black berries that grow wild in the rain forests of Chile and Argentina, show promise for relieving dry eyes and eye fatigue from excessive screen time.
Those suffering from anxiety or depression are more likely to have seasonal or chronic allergies.
It has been found that preventative antibiotics prescribed by dentists for senior patients with specific heart conditions are unnecessary 81 percent of the time.
New research finds that toxic air is killing more people in Europe than tobacco smoking.
Elephants have such sensitive olfactory discrimination that they can determine different amounts of food just by sniffing it.
The Amazon Rain Forest continues to lose habitat for animals and plants by clear cutting practices that add to the burden of climate change.
Cultivation throughout the U.S. is becoming more difficult because of unpredictable weather patterns, leading to higher prices and lowered productivity.
Canada’s Parliament recently passed legislation banning the practice of breeding and keeping whales, dolphins and porpoises in captivity.
Aug 15, 2019 ● By Melinda Hemmelgarn
Today’s barrage of junk food ads can easily influence kids for the worse, but 10 strategies, including visiting farmers’ markets, teaching cooking skills and implementing device-free family meals, can help them choose to eat better.
Aug 15, 2019 ● By Marlaina Donato
Music not only raises our spirits, it also reduces pain, lowers inflammation, dials down anxiety, bolsters immunity, and boosts creativity, the latest studies show.
Aug 15, 2019 ● By Meredith Montgomery
Today’s kids live fast-paced, technology-driven lives, which is why it’s critical for parents to strike a balance between accepting modern advances and teaching kids timeless virtues.
Aug 15, 2019 ● By Julie Peterson
Holistic veterinarians treat an animal’s underlying condition rather than the symptoms, and many use alternative therapies like acupuncture, laser therapy or massage.
Aug 15, 2019
We can minimize our impact on nature while still enjoying it by using such strategies as buying tents made of recycled materials, forgoing single-use plastics, and packing our trash out instead of burning it.
In a 30-year study, women that quit smoking sharply reduced their risk of developing seropositive rheumatoid arthritis, which can cause joint deformities and disability.
Eating three to four eggs a week increases heart disease mortality by 6 percent and all-cause mortality by 8 percent, a new study found.
Probiotics significantly reduce body weight and fat mass, concluded a Chinese meta-review of 821 obese and overweight people.
After six months of marathon training, running novices reversed the aging of major blood vessels; in another study, heart failure patients that walked fast were less likely to have cognitive impairment.
Montmorency tart cherries in juice or capsules lower systolic blood pressure and insulin levels within hours, reducing factors that lead to metabolic syndrome.
At least one-third of early deaths globally could be prevented if people moved to a largely plant-based diet, Harvard scientists have calculated.
A new study found that fluorescent lights increase inflammation in the tissues and organs of animals.
A University of Pennsylvania scientific team has designed microscopic robots that can precisely and non-invasively remove teeth plaque.
Installing floating solar panels on only a quarter of U.S. manmade reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of national energy needs.
Air pollution not only shortens lives, it makes psychotic experiences during adolescence more likely, new research shows.
Seismometers deployed by NASA astronauts half a century ago have picked up surprising “moonquakes” on our 4.6-billion-year-old moon.
Strong opposition is building against the federal approval of a massive copper mine in the midst of sacred indigenous land in Arizona that would have severe environmental impacts.
The use of plastic bags in the Empire State—23 billion a year that mostly end up in landfills and waterways—will become illegal in March.
To fight the rapid decline of coral species, the Center for Biological Diversity is filing a lawsuit seeking protective action by the federal government under the Endangered Species Act.
Interest in regenerative agriculture, which stores more carbon dioxide in the soil, is growing so fast that 250 soil health bills have been introduced in legislative bodies in the last two years.
Aug 15, 2019 ● By Yvette C. Hammett
Farmers are increasingly exploring inexpensive organic methods to return microbial diversity to the soil, which could help mitigate a warming planet by allowing soil to absorb more carbon.
Aug 15, 2019 ● By Scott Stabile
When we truly commit to self-love and take steps to follow through, we can create a peaceful, joyful and meaningful life.
Aug 15, 2019 ● By April Thompson
There is such a thing as a free lunch! We have only to look in our backyards and parks to find the free, nutritious greens and berries an arm’s reach away.
Through her personal story as a survivor of childhood abuse and the stories of others, the neurologist demonstrates the scientific bond between animals and humans—and how they can heal each other.
Pedaling away for even 20 minutes a day, indoors or outdoors, fires up brain cell production and lowers symptoms of depression – and that’s just the beginning of cognitive benefits.
Jun 28, 2019 ● By Karen Shaw Becker
Antibiotics for pets can carry considerable downsides, so it's worth exploring natural options like herbs, homeopathy and nutritional interventions with a holistic or integrative vet.
Jun 28, 2019
We can teach ourselves first to recall our dreams and then to influence them to enhance our inner growth and creativity, says the author.
Jun 28, 2019 ● By Yvette C. Hammett
Nationwide, local extension agents offer soil testing and instruction in organic methods, making rain barrels, choosing native plants and a host of low-cost and no-cost services.
It’s eco-wise to fill our picnic basket with bamboo utensils, plant-based bug repellents, sustainable fish and glass containers.
Germans that ate a diet low in meat and carbs and high in plants and vitamins for four weeks had significantly less gum inflammation and bleeding that subjects that did not change their eating habits.
Jun 28, 2019 ● By April Thompson
Entrepreneurial innovators are tapping into new technologies and markets to grow fresh, healthy food within cities, turning so-called ‘mean streets’ into ‘green streets.’
Strawberries head the latest list of the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” fruits and vegetables with high levels of pesticide residues; avocados top the clean list.
Hemp, the no-buzz industrial variety of cannabis, is cleaning nuclear radiation, cadmium, lead and mercury from toxic sites.
New infrared technology allows doctors to detect the weakened blood vessels at the back of the eye associated with early Alzheimer’s.
When carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit the highest levels ever recorded in human history in May, the networks’ nightly news devoted less than two minutes to climate change versus almost 18 minutes to the birth of the royal baby.
A Princeton University team has designed a device that uses sunlight to pull hydrogen from industrial wastewater, which could allow factories to simultaneously treat wastewater and generate fuel.
The common vitamin B12 may help slow the progression of both hereditary and non-hereditary Parkinson’s Disease, new studies show.
Chinese seniors that ate more than two teaspoons of nuts a day were found to have better thinking, reasoning and memory than those that didn’t eat nuts.
