Most people at one point or another have heard the strong opinions floating around about the healthcare system. Frankly, if you haven’t one quick look at the healthcare twitter hashtag will give you enough insightContinue reading
Category: Health
What’s in Your Water? How Filtration and Location Impact Water Taste and What Effects They Have on Health
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ack in 2009, Scientific American reported the Environmental Working Group ran a series of tests on water quality and found over 300 contaminants, including harmful materials such as weed killers and the rocket fuel componentContinue reading
Empire State of Mind: How Music Positively Impacts the Human Brain
Henry, a 94 year old man living in a nursing home, has suffered from dementia for the last ten years of his life. He sits in his chair with his head down and only speaksContinue reading
Depressed and Oppressed: How You Might Be Contributing to the Stigma That Surrounds Mental Illness
featured image by Pixabay I am clinically diagnosed with depression and anxiety. Now before you begin to process that, let me tell you some common reactions to this statement: “Get over it.” “Your problems areContinue reading
Is Obesity a Disease?
“I just wanna stay home and eat chips”, an infamous quote that Mackenzie Ziegler said in season 1 episode 4 of the Lifetime show Dance Moms. This quote gives society a glimpse of what mostContinue reading
Deadly Ride: Why Smoking with Children in the Car Should Be Illegal
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are laws that protect minors from physical abuse. These laws prevent adults from harming their children in any physical way, shape, or form. But isn’t the damage from secondhand smoking also considered physical abuse?Continue reading
How Traveling Improves Your Mental Health
Everyone likes to travel. There are so many amazing things in this world that we have yet to see. There are amazing things to see and memories that can be made that will last a lifetime.Continue reading
Health for Everyone, Everywhere
Here’s the story of H. Alan Scott: “So sit back and let me tell you a story of two Americans that have been denied coverage. It’s the true story of two brothers, living in twoContinue reading
The Silent Killer: Cyberbullying
In October of 2006, just a few weeks before her 14th birthday, Megan Meier hanged herself. She had been talking to a boy named Josh, who she had met via MySpace, for about 5 weeksContinue reading
Live More With Less?
Two guys with six-figure jobs, luxury cars and oversized houses with rooms upon rooms in “need” of things. Sounds like the American dream, huh? How about this? They worked 70-80 hours each week just to buyContinue reading
Driving Drunk or Drowsy, both are Deadly
Being careful costs you nothing. Being careless can cost you everything. Whether you kill yourself or kill someone else, the end result is terminal. Once a life is taken, you can´t fix it or payContinue reading
Salads or Sprints: If You Had to Choose, Is It Better to Eat Healthy or Exercise?
Everyone has a different way of “Staying Healthy” In 2013, Peach Friedman, a senior at California College of the Arts almost got diagnosed with Exercise Bulimia. She thought of nothing but exercise, and eating under 800 caloriesContinue reading
Change Your Life By Being Positive!
Dennis Kimetto became the marathon world record-holder in 2014, running a time of 2:02:57 in Berlin according to the International Association of Athletics Federations. His ability to run at a fast pace was reliant on not only his training,Continue reading
Milk is Infected Cow Pus: How Plant-Based Eating is Better for Us
Image by Pixabay Picture yourself going to your sweet, innocent grandmother’s house. You walk through the door and a wafting smell of her homemade cookies hits your face. They are the BEST little morsels ofContinue reading