Olivia Munn’s Breast Cancer: A Wake-Up Call for Women

March 14, 2024—Actress Olivia Munn’s candid disclosures on Instagram about her aggressive breast cancer — a surprise discovery after a “clean” mammogram and negative genetic tests — were a poignant mix of details about her cancer journey and a cautionary tale for women.   Munn earlier this week revealed her 10-month battle…

Is stress our friend? Here’s what the expert thinks – Healthista

Is stress our friend? Well yes… and no says Dr Amber Johnston – a clinical psychologist specialising in neuropsychology. Here’s what she has to say about regulating an overactive stress response  We as a society are inundated with stress, evident in alarming health statistics of emotional and physical stress-related conditions.  Minimising the…

Can Immunodeficiency Be Reversed?

Immune system weakening has long been attributed to aging and poor lifestyle choices, but according to an October 2023 study1 in Nature Communications, the key reason for this immune system decline is dysfunctional mitochondria, your cells’ powerhouses, particularly the mitochondria found in T cells (a type of immune cell). When…

Why Immersion in Very Cold or Hot Water Can Be So Healthy

March 13, 2024 – There’s a good chance you’ve come across this popular 10-second social media narrative: Hard-bodied individual looks into the camera. Zooms out to show they’re wearing only a beanie and a bathing suit. Hey, I’m about to dunk myself in freezing water. Voluntarily! Because I love-hate-love-hate it!…

Aphantasia Test: How To Examine Aphantasia | Credihealth

Have you ever wondered how your mind captures the world? Well, there is no mind’s eye that can help you see, it’s just your mind that entirely relies on imagination and creativity. For some people, visualization is easy just by concentrating and gathering images with incredible details. However, for others,…

At-Home Medical Tests: Are They Right for You?

March 11, 2024 – At-home medical diagnostic testing has exploded in recent years. NASDAQ reports that the market for at-home testing has reached a staggering $45.6 billion and will continue to grow at a rate of over 10% per year up to 2031.  COVID-19 testing may have gotten the ball rolling,…

Concentration and Power in the Food System: Who Controls What We Eat?

Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published July 30, 2017. Most of us have little to no idea how behind-the-scenes forces control the food we buy, and the depth of the corruption involved. Philip Howard, Ph.D., author of “Concentration and Power in the Food System: Who…

Just Breathe: Mindfulness Can Beat Tech Stress at Work

Editor’s note: Doctors get burned out, too. Read the Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2024: ‘We Have Much Work to Do’ March 8, 2024—Texts. Emails. Video meetings. Texts to remind you of upcoming video meetings. And on and on it goes, until what technology experts and psychologists call the…