Health & Wellness

Details: Written by: Lene Hundborg Koss, University of Copenhagen

Here Is A Better Way To Detect Food Fraud Food scientists argue that near-infrared spectroscopy would work better than other methods to detect food fraud.

Details: Written by: Stephanie Desmon, Johns Hopkins University

60% Of Gay And Bi Men Are Unaware Of The Anti-HIV Pill Six in 10 gay and bisexual men in a recent study didn’t know that a once-daily pill can dramatically reduce their risk of contracting HIV.

Details: Written by: Jonas House, University of Sheffield

What Is It That Puts People Off Eating Insects? There’s a lot of hype around edible insects. Insects are being championed as a healthy and sustainable alternative to conventional protein sources in Europe and the US, and “ento-prising” new products are appearing almost every week.

Details: Written by: Mike Cummings, Yale University

Your Care Differs If Your Doctor Is A Democrat Or Republican Researchers surveyed a sample of primary care physicians in the United States and discovered that on politically sensitive health issues, patients receive substantially different care depending on whether their doctor is a Democrat or Republican.

Details: Written by: Julia Short, Cardiff University

This Simple Blood Test Could Detect Hidden Liver Disease New research suggests a noninvasive blood test could vastly improve early detection rates of severe liver disease—before irreversible damage is done.

Details: Written by: Reena Ghildyal, University of Canberra

What's The Link Between Hay Fever And Asthma, And How Are They Treated? Spring is a favourite time of year for many – as the earth rejuvenates, lawns become green and trees blossom. But for the 15% of Australians who get hay fever, it can be a struggle to get through the season.

Details: Written by: Cissi Williams

Restoring Balance and Harmony With A Divine Energy Time Budget Plan I often get the question how I manage to find the time to do so many things, and my answer is always the same: I have learnt to give myself time. In order to not get overwhelmed, or waste my inner energy, I had to learn how to structure my life in such a way that there was plenty of relaxation time...

Details: Written by: Doug Bennett, University of Florida

Exercise Releases This Fat-burning Hormone Exercise releases irisin, a hormone that helps the body shed fat and keeps it from forming, new research shows.

Details: Written by: Gillian Kiley, Brown University

Does Lead Exposure Explain Gap In Test Scores? A decrease in the average level of lead in a preschooler’s blood reduces the probability of that child being substantially below proficient in reading by the third grade, report researchers.

Details: Written by: InnerSelf Staff

A woman from New York Public Interest Research Group speaks to a passerby about the potential dangers of GMOs in front of a Whole Foods Market in New York on June 3, 2014. (Jonathan Zhou/Epoch Times) Opponents and proponents of genetically modified food have invoked science in their arguments, but science has no definitive answer.

Details: Written by: Elin Gray, Edith Cowan University

Can A Simple Blood Test Detect Cancer? Breast cancer could be detected using a blood test, according to reports out today. Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) are working with counterparts in France to make this form of cancer detection, that is far less invasive and expensive than other tests such as biopsies, a reality.

Details: Written by: Andy Henio, Michigan State University

3 Ways A Happy Spouse Can Keep You Healthy People with a happy spouse are much more likely to report better health over time, according to a new study of 1,981 couples. This occurred above and beyond their own happiness.

Details: Written by: Andrew Lavender, Curtin University

What's Happening When Your Joints Crack? We’ve all had the experience of standing up and hearing a loud pop in our back or hip, or trying to tiptoe through the house only to have our foot make a cracking sound each time we take a step. So what’s happening in our joints when this happens, and is it a bad sign?

Details: Written by: Ashley Trentrock, ?University of Pittsburgh

Early Menopause Is More Than Annoying Women who experience hot flashes and night sweats earlier in life are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than women with later-onset menopausal symptoms, a new study finds.

Details: Written by: Cynthia Lee, McGill University

Why You Get Thirsty Before Going To Bed The brain’s biological clock likely explains why we want to down a glass of water before going to sleep.

Details: Written by: Joan Borysenko

Burnout or Depression? What's Wrong with Me? I wanted to know precisely why I felt like a zombie. Was I stressed out of my mind, overloaded with information that was jamming my gray matter and making myself so crazy-busy that I was running on empty? Had I become a poster child for Prozac, or was I...

Details: Written by: Ruslan Medzhitov, Yale University

Why You Should Feed A Virus And Starve Bacteria When You're Sick Think back to the last time you came down with a cold and what it felt like to be sick. For most people, the feeling of sickness is a set of psychological and behavioral changes including fatigue, lethargy, changes in appetite, changes in sleep patterns and a desire to be away from others.

Details: Written by: Joanna Poulton, University of Oxford

World’s First Three Parent Baby Raises Questions A baby boy, the first child to be born using a new technique that incorporates DNA from three people, is now five months old.

Details: Written by: Oliver Sutcliffe and Robert Ralphs, Manchester Metropolitan University

What Is Spice And Why Is The Drug So Dangerous? Synthetic cannabis, of which Spice is an example, is linked to serious health issues ranging from difficulties breathing to psychotic episodes.

Details: Written by: John Mathers, Newcastle University

How People With The Obesity Gene Can Still Lose Weight It’s been one of the most astonishing changes in human anatomy. In just one generation, people all over the world have got a lot bigger.

Details: Written by: Julaine Allan, Charles Sturt University

Limited research has been conducted into how LSD produces its psychoactive effects. Pixabay Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a synthetic chemical made from a substance found in a fungus that grows on rye and other grains, called ergot.