Health Archives

What’s the Impact of Waste on the Environment?

Does plastic ever degrade? Have we taken care of the CFC problem? What’s the worst byproduct of modern living? Garbage leaves a mark on our planet. That’s because much of our modern garbage never leaves the planet. In The World Without Us, science journalist Alan Weisman addresses the problem head-on. He explores the impact of waste on the environment and identifies the major culprits we need to tackle. Read more to learn what Weisman discovered in his investigation.

Lissa Rankin: How Stress Affects Your Health

The 25 Cognitive Biases: Instinctive Reaction Tendency

How does stress affect your health? What happens in your body when you’re stressed? In the modern world, most stress isn’t related to a real threat or danger. Rather, it is self-inflicted through negative thinking and worrying. However, it can still have a destructive effect on your health. Here’s how stress affects your health, according to physician Lissa Rankin.

The Health Effects of Overworking: Don’t Die for a Paycheck

How does overworking affect your health? Can you really die from working too much? Owerwoking and burnout are very common in today’s fast-paced society. It may be good for the economy, but it can wreak serious havoc on one’s health and even kill. Here’s a look at the health effects of overworking.

The Body Keeps the Score: Quizzes to Test Your Knowledge

Did you read The Body Keeps the Score? How well did you internalize the concepts? Experiences such as abuse, a severe car accident, and wartime combat can lead to a lifetime of flashbacks, nightmares, isolation, insomnia, hypervigilance, and rage. In The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk explores how diagnosing and treating trauma has evolved. Keep reading for nine The Body Keeps the Score quizzes that test your knowledge of the book.

The Body Keeps the Score: Discussion Questions for a Book Club

Did you read The Body Keeps the Score? Are you looking for some questions that will generate thoughtful discussion? We tend to think of trauma in its most extreme forms, such as PTSD. But nearly everyone is likely to either suffer from trauma or know someone who does. In The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk explains that the physiological toll can be tremendous. Read on for The Body Keeps the Score discussion questions that will help you understand and internalize the book’s ideas and apply them where appropriate.

What Does Overthinking Mean & What Causes It?

What does overthinking mean? Where does overthinking come from? Nick Trenton’s book Stop Overthinking discusses the harm overthinking does to our bodies and minds. A little bit of stress can be healthy, but when you’re constantly thinking about an event and worrying over it, you need to take a step back and reevaluate. Keep reading to learn more about overthinking and its origins.

The Importance of a Healthy Social Life & How to Have One

What role does your social life play in your health and well-being? Why is it important to surround yourself with the right people? Having a social life is an important factor in one’s mental and physical well-being. But it’s not just being around people that matters. To reap the psychological benefits of socializing, you must surround yourself with the right people. Here’s a look at the importance of social life and some tips for cultivating enriching and emotionally fulfilling relationships.

How Chronic Stress Affects Your Mental Health

7 Major Causes of Depression and Anxiety

Why are we so stressed as a society? How does chronic stress affect mental health? As a result of the fast pace of modern life, we endure a lot of ongoing, chronic stress. According to physician Lissa Rankin, the author of Mind Over Medicine, chronic stress stands behind the modern mental health epidemic of anxiety and depression. Here’s how chronic stress drives the mental health epidemic plaguing societies today.

How Bad Is the East Palestine Water & Air Contamination?

How worried should we be about East Palestine water contamination? Could the air quality also be affected by the Ohio train derailment? Following the Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on February 3, a controlled burn released many of these chemicals into the environment in East Palestine, Ohio. Upon taking daily samples of the water and air, the EPA insists that neither poses any danger to local residents, but not everyone is convinced. Keep reading to learn about the conflicting claims over air and water contamination in East Palestine.

The 2 Uses of Fungi in Daily Life That May Surprise You

What are the common uses of fungi in daily life? How do fungi help anxiety and the environment? The role of fungi expands far wider than supporting plants, soil, and the cycle of life. In Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake says that fungi could solve pressing problems in everyday life if we spent more time and resources studying fungi. Here we’ll focus on fungi’s potential to address two of these problems: mental illness and environmental destruction.