Alternative Health

  • What Science Says About Video Games and ADHD
    What Science Says About Video Games and ADHD
    October 11, 2018 | By Temma Ehrenfeld
    Ryder was eleven when he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). “One way he was coping with his busy mind was playing games,” his mother, Charlie, told Healthline. Ryder would run to the computer the moment he came home and even enjoyed watching videos of other people gaming. But Charlie noticed that as […]
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  • People With Psoriasis Often Face Stigma, Discrimination
    People With Psoriasis Often Face Stigma, Discrimination
    October 11, 2018 | By Carolyn Crist
    People with the scaly skin condition psoriasis are often faced with people who don’t want to shake hands with them and who see them—incorrectly—as contagious, according to a new study.   “Patients with psoriasis often express frustration to me that they experience discrimination in public places and the work environment,” study coauthor Dr. Joel Gelfand […]
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  • Too Much Technology: Children Growing Up With Weak Hands, Fingers
    Too Much Technology: Children Growing Up With Weak Hands, Fingers
    October 11, 2018 | By Kimberly Holland
    Smartphones and tablets are convenient babysitters and pacifiers for bored or crying children. But they may be preventing those children from developing the necessary hand strength to hold pencils, cut with scissors, and perform tasks children their same age could easily do just a decade ago. A new review from the Heart of England Foundation […]
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  • Are You Sabotaging Your Own Productivity?
    Are You Sabotaging Your Own Productivity?
    October 10, 2018 | By Barbara Danza
    Twenty-four. That’s how many hours we get in each day. That’s how many I get, you get, Elon Musk gets, and Leonardo da Vinci got. So how is it that some people manage to live extraordinarily productive lives and some can barely stay on top of the laundry. (Eh hem.) If you’re like many people, […]
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  • The Art of Practice
    The Art of Practice
    October 9, 2018 | By Scott Mann
    A lot of folks ask me how special operators execute missions. How do you execute when you know there’s going to be violence, there’s going to be chaos, explosions, casualties? How do you wade into the chaos that most people would run the other direction from? For Army Rangers, Navy Seals, Green Berets, the answer […]
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  • Bullies Push Girl to Become Kick Boxing Superstar
    Bullies Push Girl to Become Kick Boxing Superstar
    October 4, 2018 | By Milan Kajinek
    Martina Ptackova is a tough young woman. In fact, pound for pound, she’s one of the toughest women in the world. In the Czech Republic, where she is from, she’s a source of national pride, having distinguished herself as an elite athlete in the often brutal sport of kickboxing. But Ptackova is not a brutal […]
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  • Autumn: The Season of Gratitude
    Autumn: The Season of Gratitude
    October 3, 2018 | By Randi Ragan
    Autumn is a time to celebrate the change in the weather as the heat and light of summer recede, leaving us with cooler days and nights. Our physical beings register these changes and cause us to become more reflective as we head toward the Thanksgiving holidays and beyond. Autumn also affords us the opportunity to […]
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  • Traditional Gender Roles Don’t Keep Men From Becoming Caregivers
    Traditional Gender Roles Don’t Keep Men From Becoming Caregivers
    October 3, 2018 | By Reuters
    Elderly husbands may devote just as much effort to caring for a sick spouse as their wives might do if the situation were reversed, a German study suggests. Plenty of research on gender roles among older couples has found women do the bulk of housework even if both spouses have similar amounts of time available […]
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  • Fearlessness: How to Stop Running from Space
    Fearlessness: How to Stop Running from Space
    October 3, 2018 | By Leo Babauta
    We spend our days filling in every available space, cramming in more tasks, responding to messages, checking social media and online sites, watching videos. We are afraid of empty space in our lives. The result is often a continual busyness, constant distraction, and avoidance, lack of focus, lack of satisfaction with our lives. We run […]
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  • Stop Giving Away Your Power
    Stop Giving Away Your Power
    October 2, 2018 | By Nancy Colier
    I started noticing flies in my kitchen about four months ago.  Big, black, plump flies, the sort that move slowly and land on your face or food as you’re eating, that seem completely unbothered by intimidation or noise.  When I put the dishes out for family meals I have to cover them with cloths so […]
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  • Tackling Challenges: The Gift of Hard Times
    Tackling Challenges: The Gift of Hard Times
    October 2, 2018 | By Conan Milner
    Imagine a totally stress-free life. No money worries or family disputes. No dealing with difficult people or uncomfortable situations. Relationships would always be harmonious, and your health would never be a concern.   Now, consider what you would lose in this smooth-sailing world. Could you still enjoy life if everything came easy? Could you ever […]
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  • Traveling Lightly & Being Grounded in the Middle of Chaos
    Traveling Lightly & Being Grounded in the Middle of Chaos
    October 2, 2018 | By Leo Babauta
    Today Eva and I decided at the last minute to move our 3-week around-the-world trip up two days early to avoid running into a strong typhoon that was headed our way. We felt tremendous groundlessness going into our trip through Asia, Europe, and Africa with a bunch of work left undone as we headed to the […]
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  • Mindfulness Meditation: Ten Minutes a Day Improves Cognitive Function
    Mindfulness Meditation: Ten Minutes a Day Improves Cognitive Function
    October 1, 2018 | By Peter Malinowski 
    Practicing mindfulness meditation for ten minutes a day improves concentration and the ability to keep information active in one’s mind, a function known as “working memory.” The brain achieves this by becoming more efficient, literally requiring fewer brain resources to do these tasks. Many big claims have been made about the effects of meditation, but […]
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  • The Age You Feel Matters More to Your Health Than Your Actual Age
    The Age You Feel Matters More to Your Health Than Your Actual Age
    October 1, 2018 | By Jennifer Chesak 
    Your subjective age—meaning the age you feel in your spirit and in your bones—is the magic number. In fact, a growing body of research suggests your subjective age may be a better predictor of your physical health, well-being, vitality, and even life expectancy. Feeling younger than you are might: Keep you open to new experiences; Maintain or […]
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  • Chronic Illness Left Me Angry and Isolated. These 8 Quotes Transformed My Life.
    Chronic Illness Left Me Angry and Isolated. These 8 Quotes Transformed My Life.
    September 28, 2018 | By Dena Angela
    Health and wellness touch each of us differently. This is one person’s story. It can seem impossible to get the support you need when dealing with a chronic illnesses. I went through most of my life feeling isolated, lonely, and angry. My reaction to my illness and life left me stressed, which triggered flares of my autoimmune disease. […]
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  • Mentors Play Critical Role in Quality of College Experience
    Mentors Play Critical Role in Quality of College Experience
    September 28, 2018 | By Leo M. Lambert
    In order to have a rewarding college experience, students should build a constellation of mentors. This constellation should be a diverse set of faculty, staff, and peers who will get students out of their comfort zones and challenge them to learn more—and more deeply—than they thought they could. Students should begin to build this network […]
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  • How to Get the Most Antioxidants in Your Diet
    How to Get the Most Antioxidants in Your Diet
    September 25, 2018 | By Emily Lunardo
    You have probably heard that antioxidants are good for your health and they can contribute to longevity by fighting off free-radical damage and oxidation. This type of damage is what speeds up aging and leads to bodily functions becoming weaker. Therefore, it’s a wise idea to pack on the antioxidants to slow down this process. […]
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  • The Loneliness Epidemic: Are Poor Social Skills to Blame?
    The Loneliness Epidemic: Are Poor Social Skills to Blame?
    September 25, 2018 | By Shawn Radcliffe
    If you live in the United States and are feeling alone or unhappy, you’re not the only one. A recent survey conducted by insurance giant Cigna and market research firm Ipsos found that 46 percent of Americans surveyed felt alone some or all of the time. The feelings were most prevalent among younger people, especially […]
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  • How Creativity on Prescription Can Improve Mental and Physical Health
    How Creativity on Prescription Can Improve Mental and Physical Health
    September 22, 2018 | By Hilary Bungay
    The idea of prescribing social and artistic activity may seem new, but it is actually more than 10 years since United Kingdom government policy first sought to link patients with non-medical support in the community. In the past couple of years, however, calls for the arts to be a core component of social prescribing in the […]
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  • How to Be Mindful All the Time
    How to Be Mindful All the Time
    September 22, 2018 | By Leo Babauta
    I often get asked about how to remember to be mindful more of the time—how can we remember to not only be present more but to be compassionate and relax into what may be the chaos of the moment? I would challenge you to something higher: how can we be mindful all the time? The answer is that […]
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