health

SCIENCE

These days, medical treatments go through years of testing before they reach the public. For most of history, though, people were working with limited knowledge and a lot of confidence. That led to some truly bizarre health trends that sounded perfectly reasonable at the time but seem almost impossible to believe today.

THINGS

Stress is an unavoidable fact of life, and it both pushes us to succeed and occasionally stops us in our tracks. Here are some intriguing facts about stress.Stress Facts27. HeartbreakAcute stress can cause a condition...

HISTORY

There’s something oddly satisfying about cracking your knuckles. That quick pop can feel like releasing pressure after a long day, but somewhere along the line, it got a bad reputation. You’ve probably heard (or will at some point hear) someone warn, “Stop that or you’ll get arthritis”.

EXPERIENCE

I'm a nurse. A nursing assistant brought me into a room and pointed to an area on the patient's body. When I took a closer look, and my face went white.

EDITORIAL

Organ Transplants Editorial: Humans have been trying to perform organ tranplants for centuries, and the history of the procedure is far from pleasant.

THINGS

The human body is a miracle of nature… and it’s wildly complicated too. But few of us know how it all works. We owe it to ourselves to learn more.



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