Empower Your Wellness Journey
The Heat Is On: How Heat Training Can Help People Who Work In High Temps
The summer of 2018 was one of the hottest — and most dangerous — on record for multiple cities and countries across the globe. The risk of heat-related syndromes (such as heat exhaustion, heat cramps, and heat stroke) increases in such environments, yet many industries and high-exertion fields have no…
Lessons On Lighting Up: What Canada Can Learn From Colorado
On October 17, 2018, Canada ended its 95-year-old prohibition on pot: adults are now free to consume and grow cannabis without worrying about the potential legal repercussions. Considering the fact that Colorado beat the nation by nearly five years, their statistics could provide some much-needed insight into what’s to come.…
Feeding The World: Find A New Source Or Reduce Food Waste?
As populations across the globe continue to grow (and are expected to reach 9 billion by 2050), a lot of attention has been drawn to how we will be able to feed them. One of the primary ideas that has gained planet-wide traction is the production of microgreens. Defined as…
New Oxygen-Rich Insoles Could Heal Diabetic Ulcers
According to a 2017 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100 million Americans have diabetes or pre-diabetes. In 2015, diabetes was considered to be the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. But the Obesity Society notes that the single best predictor of…
A Legend Leaves Us: Arnold Aronson, Mayo Clinic Speech Pathologist, Dies At 90
Few can say they given back to the world as much as they’ve received. Arnold Aronson, one of the chief speech pathology researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota dedicated 36 years of his life to the nonprofit organization before passing away in mid-November at age 90. “His clinical, research,…
Hydration Myths You Probably Believe (But Shouldn’t)
It turns out all that fuss about drinking at least eight glasses of H2O a day might not hold water. There’s no doubt that water makes up the majority of our bodies and that we need plenty of it to perform basic functions like waste processing and temperature regulation. Without…