San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy is seen taking the viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in August … More
More than a decade after the Ice Bucket Challenge flooded social media with footage of people getting drenched in freezing water…
Category: 5. Health
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Autism rates rose again. Experts explain why
Autism is more common than ever before, a new report suggests.
As of 2022, about 1 in 31 children in the United States were diagnosed with autism by the time they were 8 years old, researchers reported online April 15 in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity…
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Medicaid Is On The Menu As Republicans Seek Trump Budget Deal
Gritman Medical Center is a Critical Access hospital in Moscow, Idaho. It has 25 staffed beds.(Photo … More
Congressional Republicans need to cut federal spending by hundreds of…
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8 Science-Backed Reasons For Quitting Alcohol
“No thanks.” Choosing health over habits — because saying no to alcohol is saying yes to better … More
Alcohol holds a paradoxical place in modern life — celebrated for its ability to enhance social connection — but…
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The Growing List Of Emerging Challenges Facing College Mental Health
A conceptual road sign on challenges
A 2024 report on Forbes.com described four challenges that the field of college mental health will likely face in 2025. Some of these challenges have already emerged. For example, last year’s annual survey report by the Association for University and…
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Father’s mental health can impact children for years
In popular culture, dads are stoic, sensitive and strong. So powerful is the mystique of the happy dad that celebrities, joke books — even hard seltzers — carry the label.
Real life is different. Fathers get down, sometimes debilitatingly. And as new research from Rutgers Health reveals, when…
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Biophilic Living Might Be Quietly Rewiring Our Brains
BERLIN, GERMANY: The facade of a residential building in Berlin Kreuzberg is planted as a Vertical … More
It turns out your mind isn’t only shaped by your thoughts….
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The Science-Backed Case For Moving More To Get More Done
Gymnastic dancing in Germany, 1943. Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Brief, intentional movement, known as exercise snacks or mindful motion, can dramatically improve posture, focus, stress resilience, productivity and mental well-being. However, framing movement as both…
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The Menopause Myth We Need To Break, Here’s Why
Illustration of the consequences of menopause caused by hormone imbalance, the end of ovulation and … More
The menopause conversation is undergoing a transformation, from one focused on…
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Are Running Clubs The New Dating Apps? Here Are Some Considerations
On social media and the Internet, you’ll find references to running clubs being the “new Tinder.” … More
Are you running out of patience with dating apps? Well, apparently, more and more people are running to another way of meeting potential partners: running clubs….
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