Volunteering doesn’t just help others - it may also benefit your health. Reviewers from the Corporation for National and Community service (a US government agency that promotes volunteerism) reviewed two decades of data from over 30 studies and found that volunteers had less depression, reported greater satisfaction with life and lived longer than those who […]
Surprising news ! A recreational activity has real therapeutic value. Research shows that after abdominal surgery, chewing gum for one hour, three times a day significantly hastens the resumption of normal bowel function and reduces the time patients spend in the hospital. Eating and drinking are also effective but can cause nausea.
“Chewing gum does not […]
A person with diabetes needs to balance a few key areas in life - diet, exercise, medication etc. Some of the most important questions that bother them are -
What and how much should I eat?
How much physical activity do I need?
What should be my insulin and other medication dosage?
A single answer to these questions lies […]
For years, experts have believed that diet and other environmental exposures can trigger mutations or physical alterations in genes that sometimes lead to cancer. However, they now realize that chemical changes can also alter how genes function without causing any obvious physical changes in the genes. In essence, what you eat may be able to […]
Happiness, good health, and wealth are often partners – which is just one reason economists, physicians and statisticians study happiness. But pursuing happiness is different from having it. According to investigators from the University of Warwick in England and Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, the road is likely to get […]