For healthy people, a strenuous workout may exhaust them - but in a good way that leaves them feeling challenged and healthy. For people who suffer with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), or Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID), as it...
Volkswagen has found an ingenious way of getting people to change their way of doing things: with fun! The theory behind this method is that if you make something fun, then people will try it.
In a subway in Stockholm,...
As a general statement, it is common knowledge that exercise is key to a healthy life, and can help prevent a lot of the lifestyle-based illnesses that we face today. However, an exciting new experiment is being planned to...
When a man got stuck in chest-deep mud last week in Springfield, Ohio, an unlikely hero came to the rescue.
The unnamed man was taking down duck blinds, covers that hunters use to stay out of sight of their...
In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health developed and implemented a workplace lifestyle intervention program to improve the health of employees.
Workplace intervention for better health
The...
Poachers have been a living nightmare to humanity and the animal kingdom for decades. Now they have a reason to be on the run, thanks to Veterans Empowered To Protect African Wildlife (VETPAW) and its newest anti-poaching advisor Kinessa...
FACT: According to a survey conducted by the Environmental Working Group, 25% of women use more than 15 products each day that contain over 126 different ingredients, with as many as one in five being carcinogenic.
I have never been...
Just about everyone loves new health studies about coffee. It seems like there’s a new one practically each month demonstrating why coffee is one addiction not worth kicking. Most recently, researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that coffee may...
Food manufacturers go to great lengths to ensure that there is the right amount of sugar, salt and flavoring in their processed foods - for you to get addicted to them. These foods give that “feel good” feeling, that...
This is the age of positive psychology, where many people seem to believe that ‘thinking positive’ is enough to keep us happy and healthy. Although there are many documented benefits of having a positive attitude, there are also many...
