Health

November 8, 2022

Study Shows Therapeutic Community Gardening Reduced Loneliness During the Pandemic

Have you heard of green exercise? The term—developed by University of Essex in 2003—refers to recreation and spending time in nature. It encompasses “green care” which is using nature for healing purposes. Such therapeutic interventions were put to a true test during the COVID-19 pandemic. People were locked down at home, with outdoors being the safest space to see others.

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October 4, 2022

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Helped Fund a New Drug for Treatment

In late summer 2014, no one could open up their social media feeds without encountering countless videos of people—from one's friends to celebrities—dumping buckets of icy cold water over their heads. The viral trend known as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge began as a way to raise awareness and funds for research into ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

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September 22, 2022

People Are Sharing a Simple Trick to Get Quick Relief for Tinnitus

Have you ever felt like you had a constant ringing in one or both of your ears? This condition is known as tinnitus, and it can be enormously frustrating. Now, there's quick internet trick that claims to stop the irritating sound that's spreading fast. It might be the relief sufferers have been looking for, but the jury is out as to whether it actually works.

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August 2, 2022

Surgeons Use Virtual Reality To Separate 3-Year-Old Conjoined Twins With Fused Brains

Conjoined twins are quite rare, but it's even rarer that they would be conjoined at the head. Three-year-old twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima from Brazil were born with fused brains, but now they have been successfully separated thanks to a pediatric surgeon in the UK. And not only were they successfully separated, but they were operated on by a team of doctors around the world who worked together in the same “virtual room.

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