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Medical Marvels: 8 Recent Innovations That Are Helping Improve Health Care

Health, Tech / 6 min. read

Technology continues to advance all around us — from ChatGPT and solar electric cars to “life-altering” AI tools. Advancements are also being made in the health care industry: A myriad of new tools are helping to improve people’s well-being in ways that seemed inconceivable only a decade ago. We’re talking drones delivering blood, VR headsets […]

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Isometric Exercises Can Lower Blood Pressure: Here’s How to Add Them to Your Routine

Health / 4 min. read

A recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that isometric exercises can be an effective, non-pharmacological way to lower blood pressure. But what are isometric exercises? Per the Mayo Clinic, these strengthening movements involve tightening or contracting a muscle without moving any joints or lengthening the muscle. Planks, wall sits, and

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Exercise Could Help Alleviate Chronic Pain Symptoms, Study Suggests

Health / 3 min. read

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chronic pain affects more U.S. adults than many common long-term conditions such as diabetes and depression. And throughout 2021, a report from the CDC found that over 20% of adults — roughly 51 million people — experienced chronic pain, with nearly 7% suffering from high-impact chronic

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What’s Your Love Language? Understanding the Way You Give and Receive Love

Health / 3 min. read

In 1992, pastor and marriage counselor Gary Chapman published The 5 Love Languages, describing the five ways he’d most often observed couples expressing their love for each other: acts of service, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, and physical touch.  The book became a bestseller, and the concept — of knowing your love language so

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Say Yes to More Z’s: Daytime Naps May Help Slow Brain Shrinkage, Study Says

Health / 3 min. read

Do you wish nap time was a regular part of adult life, just like in kindergarten? There might be a good reason to incorporate it into your daily routine, according to new research. A study published in the journal Sleep Health suggests short snoozes might help protect the brain against age-related shrinkage, which is associated

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Treating High Blood Pressure in Your 30s Could Lead to Reduced Risk of Dementia, Study Finds

Health / 2 min. read

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is extremely common, affecting nearly half of American adults. Though it’s more prevalent among older age groups, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that 22.4% of individuals aged 18-39 were living with the condition in 2018. Now, research suggests that treating the condition in your 30s

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Baby Girl Is “Progressing Remarkably” After World-First In-Utero Brain Surgery

Health / 4 min. read

In what’s being called a “first-of-its-kind” procedure, a potentially fatal vascular malformation in an unborn baby was successfully repaired via in-utero brain surgery. Two days after the March 15 operation, the baby girl, named Denver, was successfully delivered and showed progressive normalization of cardiac function, indicating that the most dangerous threats associated with the aggressive

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Forgiveness Can Foster Better Mental Health, Study Says

Health / 4 min. read

Maybe someone has wronged you or a loved one, or perhaps you’re disappointed in how you’ve handled something in the past. Whatever the situation, it can be incredibly difficult to forgive others and ourselves.  While most people likely know that ruminating and holding onto anger aren’t healthy, a new study shows that forgiveness may actually

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