Scientists Discover a Major Lasting Benefit of Growing Up Outside the City

We’ve all heard a saying such as “Nature itself is the best physician” – Hippocrates, or “Sunshine is the best medicine”. Finally, science is proving them accurate. Science is showing that early, and continued, exposure to nature can have lasting health benefits, both mentally and physically. https://www.inverse.com/article/56019-psychological-benefits-of-nature-mental-health

‘Zero pain is not the goal’ of medical treatment, doctors say

As doctors contemplate a future without opiates to treat chronic pain, some are making the case that eliminating their patients’ pain is not only impossible, it’s unnecessary.

Dr. Hodgert – “Everything in medicine and dentistry has trade-offs. The strongest pain relief cocktail, the scientists tell us, is an NSAID like Advil or Aleve, plus a Tylenol. Need some sedation? Add a glass of wine, or a beer.” (more…)