Health

April 13, 2021

NHS England Rolls Out Gadget for Zapping Away Cluster Headache Pain

Those who frequently suffer from headaches know how unbearable they can be. From migraines to tension pain, headaches can significantly limit our ability to carry out our daily routines. Cluster headaches are particularly relentless. This rare type of piercing pain can last between 15 minutes and three hours, occurring as much as eight times a day.

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February 10, 2021

Revolutionary Funeral Facility To Turn Humans Into Compost Is Now Open

How do we commemorate those who have passed? It's a big question that forces us to consider our own mortality and how we would like to leave this world. One of the most popular forms is a coffin burial, but as climate change threatens our very existence, many are considering alternatives. Katrina Spade is helping to revolutionize what happens to us after we die.

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December 4, 2020

Study Finds That Pets Have Significantly Improved Lives Since the Pandemic Disrupted Human Relationships

Pets' roles as human companions has never been more important than in 2020. During this tough year, people around the world have faced the mental struggles of isolation. Touch—especially—has been hard to safely come by. In the absence of the ability to hug friends and family outside our bubbles, furry friends have stepped in to fill the void.

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October 2, 2020

Chrissy Teigen Shares News of Her Miscarriage in Raw Instagram Post, Helps Women Facing Same Type of Grief

Chrissy Teigen shares much of her life on social media, and on September 30, 2020, she posted a heartbreaking photograph from the hospital. Accompanying the black-and-white image—in which she is inconsolably weeping in a hospital bed—was the news that she and husband John Legend lost their third child, whom they named Jack. “We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about,” Teigen wrote on Instagram.

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