You already know that you should eat your greens, but did you know that even just being surrounded by plants can greatly improve your physical and mental wellbeing? Plants prolong your life According to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, women whose homes are surrounded by...
If you’re a parent to a teenager, then odds are you’re all too familiar with smartphone addiction. But what you probably didn’t know is that handing a smartphone to your child is as harmful as giving them a gram of cocaine. According to Mandy Saligari, an addiction specialist at London’s Harley Street Drug and Alcohol...
Everybody loves a good hug. Hugs are a universal language that communicates love, comfort, and reassurance. But there’s more to hugging than just feeling good. The science behind why we hug reveals that there are complex biological and psychological processes at work when we give and receive hugs. Research has shown that the fuzzy feeling...