People who journal are healthier than the rest of us — and not just mentally. Documenting thoughts and feelings in writing, whether it’s in a
leather Moleskin or on a computer screen, has enormous benefits for our
physical health.
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Science has good news for people who write: The consequences of putting pen to paper go beyond hand cramps and furrowed eyebrows. Study after study has linked the act of writing to myriad mental and physical health benefits, starting with emotional well-being but extending to specific forms of stress and trauma.
There’s great news for the lungs of marijuana smokers
Conventional wisdom generally says inhaling any kind of smoke is bad for your lungs, and, to that end, smoking marijuana is just as bad for your health as smoking tobacco cigarettes.
However, according to data recently published in the journal Annals of the American Thoracic Society, inhaling one marijuana cigarette a day over 20 years is not associated with adverse changes in lung health.
Green tea may be known for its health benefits, but a recent study has some worrisome news for lovers of the antioxidant-rich beverage: it could have serious reproductive consequences.
That diet soda you’re drinking? Contrary to its name, it’s probably making you pack on more pounds than its “full calorie” counterpart. In fact, diet soda falls so flat on its name that Time magazine calls it the “ultimate hypocrite of the beverage world.”
According to a 2014 study, Sara Bleich of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health found that people who drink diet soda are actually more likely to be overweight than those who drink regular soda.
It’s official: TV doctors are full of shit
Sorry, Dr. Oz. You’ve just been debunked by your own comrades.
A new study published in the British Medical Journal examined the health care advice given on The Dr. Oz Show and The Doctors, two of the most well-known medical talk shows on television. Their conclusion? About half of all the recommendations had either no evidence to support them or were actually contradicted by the best available evidence.
“The public should be skeptical about recommendations made on medical talk shows.”
According to a research article published
Wednesday in the journal Plos One by health scientists from the
University of Alberta, cracking joints is from a process called
tribonucleation, where “opposing surfaces resist separation until a
critical point where they then separate rapidly creating sustained gas
cavities.” Basically, instead of the cracking sound being
from rubbing bones, or the less-worrisome popped gas bubble, it’s
actually the sound of a pocket of space forming. But can it hurt you in the long run?
Add this to the rap sheet of smoking cigarettes: The longtime foe of optimal health may not only be hurting our bodies, but going after our brains as well.
A new study published in the scientific journal Molecular Psychiatry suggests that smoking cigarettes physically taxes the brain by breaking down the cortex, its outer layer, over time.
Science has bad news for exceptionally attractive people
Being beautiful actually does have its downsides. New research reveals that being pretty doesn’t necessarily make people see you through a rosy lens. In fact, people with “average” faces are the ones we find to be the most trustworthy.
A new study published in the journal Psychological Science found that we trust people with a “typical” face more than we do someone who is either unattractive or exceptionally attractive.
Are you a chocoholic? You keep doing you — a recent study says your poison of choice just might boost your brain power. Those were the findings of a new study slated to be published in the May issue of science journal Appetite. In addition to previous research, the authors also noted other positive health effects.
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