Mold is all around us. In the air and on our food, it can make us sick and gross us out , but not all molds are bad. Some can make delicious food, and others can save lives. One famous mold, discovered by accident by a sloppy scientist, became the first antibiotic medicine: … [Read more...]
Electronic Nose Can Detect 17 Diseases
Detecting sickness by the way you smell is on the cutting edge of medical technology. We all have a unique smell called an odorprint. And it depends on our age, sex, health, and the food we eat. Mats Olsson is an experimental psychologist who studies smell. In one study, he … [Read more...]
US Struggles With Covid As Citizens Reject Masks
Unlike some parts of the US, in Texas, face masks have been mandatory since early July. When a bus driver in Lubbock asked a passenger to put on a face mask, the passenger smashed up the bus and attacked the driver. This was not an isolated incident. Across the US, face mask … [Read more...]
Smells Like Health
It was a quiet night, and Dorrie Nuttall was fast asleep. Her seven-year-old son was sleeping next to her hooked up to a machine, which was supposed to alert her if his glucose levels were too low. The alert never came. Not from the machine, anyway. Jedi, Luke’s adorable … [Read more...]
Healing With A Whisper
Babka Vanda's grandmother claimed to be able to heal people with just a whisper. The local priest forbade her from treating people until one day a snake bit the priest. Vanda's grandmother whispered words into the wind, and just like that, the priest was cured and she was allowed … [Read more...]
Man Lives 555 Days Without a Heart
To “wear your heart on your sleeve” means to show your feelings to the world. It describes a person who hides nothing, and that emotional honesty makes them vulnerable. Stan Larkin didn’t wear his heart on his sleeve. He literally wore his heart on his back. Stan survived and … [Read more...]
The Dirty Dozen and The Clean 15
We all know that eating fruits and vegetables is good for our health. Indeed, they contain lots of vitamins and minerals, as well as fiber and water. Nowadays unfortunately, they also contain pesticides, that is, chemicals used to kill insects to prevent them from eating the … [Read more...]
What Is Your Body Mass Index?
Staying healthy is probably the most important thing we can do. If you don't have your health, you can't really enjoy life. It's that simple. And one of the biggest causes of disease is obesity, that is, being extremely overweight. This is especially a problem in developed … [Read more...]