Baba Ramdev has built a $670 million company on the back of yoga’s soaring popularity. Is his ethics in alignment with yoga’s teachings?
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Psychedelics came en vogue in the 1960s and since then have been maligned as inducing psychosis. Today, some evidence suggests that tiny doses of these drugs may be useful for curing psychological disorders such as depression, PTSD, and social anxiety, among others. But more research is needed and there are hurdles to overcome.
If new kinds of drugs aren’t developed soon superbugs or antibiotic resistant bacteria could erase all the gains modern medicine has made. Even simple infections would become life-threatening. Fortunately, government plans are tackling the issue and some scientists have already found a few things that can take superbugs out.
There is a crisis in male health. Learn what it is and how scientists plan to overcome it.
When was the last time anyone cared about an Artic research ship? Exactly.
A DEA memo reveals that the agency is considering removing marijuana from its list of Schedule 1 substances.
A report by the WHO has named bacon and other processed meats as bad for you as cigarettes, alcohol, and asbestos.
Learn why you shouldn’t take a selfie in zero gravity, and other aspects of living in space.
For years, health experts have raved about the regenerative benefits of antioxidants. Now there’s a big caveat.
Rosalind Franklin is most known for her role in first capturing the blueprint for life. Her efforts provided the evidence to deduce the double helix structure of DNA.
VR is Poised to Change Many Facets of Healthcare. Find out How.
Dietary fats were demonized in the fifties due to shoddy evidence. After decades of a diet heavy in carbs and sugars, we’re finally learning the truth.
If you’re looking for the blueprint for a better tomorrow, you’ll find it in Rutger Bregman’s Utopia for Realists. Its premise is simple: we should adopt a universal basic income plan for all citizens, work less, and open up our borders.
Astrophysicists contemplate whether “mirror” dark matter causes cancer.
We all make small mistakes, but sometimes journalists report the complete and utter opposite of what a study really found.
We’ve heard some pretty wild excuses to avoid clean energy. This one takes the cake.
How “the stats” are being used often causes a fog of low-quality quantification. Multiple regression is widely misunderstood by researchers and journalists.
Whatever the cause or the reason for the presence of fungus in Alzheimer’s patients, it highlights the notion that we know less than we think about fungi.
Refusing to allow terminally ill patients the right to end their life is a cruel and inhumane relic of religious thinking.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has dropped a study on whether living near a nuclear plant increases the risk of cancer. Criticism of this decision is predictable, but unwarranted. The study would only have found what other research has shown. There is no link
Studies say we need friends in order to be happier, healthier, and to live longer — but in this case, is less more?
Beijing just had a red alert for air quality for the first time. But what else is it up to?
America is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, so how could people from much poorer ones be better off health-wise than us?
A drug is going into human testing that could prevent rapid aging.
It’s not about making poor choices, says Mary Bassett. It’s about the fact that people in the hardest hit neighborhoods (like Brownsville, Brooklyn) don’t have enough options to choose from.
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Carter said he was “surprisingly at ease” when he received his diagnosis. Perhaps part of that serenity comes from the knowledge of the good works he has done in his life.
Her decision to have a double mastectomy helped empower women — to let them know they aren’t entirely powerless against cancer.
Dr. Sacks died on 30 August 2015, in his home in Manhattan at the age of 82 from liver cancer.
We naturally respond disproportionately to events that frighten us, but to do so is playing into the hands of the terrorists.