New Phone App Let’s You Know About “Sick Zones” In Your Area
Social media and public health are now tied together in a new way with an app called Sickweather. The app gathers information from social media sites about illness-related posts and then generates map results and notifies you upon entering areas where a lot of sickness exists. We’ve all seen social media updates about illness. “I’m …
Does Lumosity Really Work?
Written by Linsy Hunsaker We all like the idea of brain-training games; we want to play an app on our phone that makes us smarter. But the truth isn’t as glamorous as the commercials lead us to believe. A recent study in the Journal of Neuroscience found that brain-training games might help people perform specific …
Some Nutrition Advice You Haven’t Heard
Mineral deficiencies are responsible for a host of health problems, which are incorrectly treated by drugs. Some say we should be ingesting certain amounts of vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent disease, like osteoporosis. Robert Thompson, M.D. says these recommendations might actually lead to serious health problems. He offers these suggestions for Americans to take charge of …
Recipe: Butternut Squash Maple Walnut Scones
soy-free, oil-free option, gluten-free option Makes 12 Scones These scones are only slightly sweet so they are just as great with a soup or salad as they are as a delicious breakfast. If you’d like them sweeter, make a glaze by adding a few drops of maple syrup to ¼ cup (60 g) powdered sugar. …
4 Facts That Everyone Should Know But Doesn’t
Wait… seriously? We wanted to lay down some knowledge about some things people should know, but somehow get wrong most of the time. Yes, seriously. Women Don’t Really Talk More Than Men Averages: Women: 16,215 words a day Men: 15,669 words a day Sidenote: The range of words used per day was huge. One person …
What Coconut Water is Really Good For
The truths and myths behind all the coconut water buzz Lately it seems that everyone is nuts for coconuts—coconut water that is. From celebrity endorsements to the “mother nature’s sports drink” nickname, coconut water is falling off the shelves around the nation. So what’s all the hype about? Coconut water is said to be low …
White House Joins Other World Leaders in Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
The White House released an executive order recently calling antibiotic resistance a threat to national security, and declaring their commitment to fighting the problem, sometimes called Superbugs. Antiobiotic Misuse There are multiple reasons why certain strains of illness become resistant to common medication, according to the World Health Organization. “The evolution of resistant strains is …
2014 Cancer Progress Report from the AACR
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) released their 2014 report on the progress made against cancer. Here are some of their key findings: New Anticancer Medicines/Screenings Between August 2013 and July 2014, the FDA approved six new anticancer therapeutics and approved new uses for five previously approved anticancer therapeutics. Two imaging agents received cancer-related …
To Snack, or Not to Snack?
Should you eat before a workout or not? Written by Taylor Smith | Healthy Magazine Anyone who visits the gym regularly has experienced that age-old dilemma—should I eat something right before I go workout? There seems to be two camps of divided opinion regarding this question. One camp says, no way. The other says, go …