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Meghan Trainor Fights Body Image With Song (WATCH)
In the last four years, Grammy winner Megan Trainor went from a shy body-conscious teen to a renowned pop star and body-positive activist.
Having low...
More Good News About Body Image: A Mental Health Minute
In a follow-up article for the Good News Network, Cristina Frick, having just completed her Master's degree in Clinical and Community Psychology, compiles a...
More Good News on Body Image: Fashion Magazine Dumps Skinny Models
The German women's magazine "Brigitte" announced a "no model campaign" last month, saying they will no longer be using professional models for their magazine...
The Good News About Body Image
A Mental Health Minute by Cristina Frick
One day I was in the library, working on my thesis and feeling tired. I made a stop...
Chubby Teen Becomes Body-Image Hero After Bikini Photo Goes Viral
A New York college student who started a blog on self-acceptance in order to help other young women deal with body image taunts has...
New Jersey Teacher Uses Body as Human Shield to Protect Teen from Group Attack
For many young people, teachers play the role of mentors, counselors, and friends, but for one isolated New Jersey student, his teacher became a...
Simple, Cheap Food Dye Makes Skin Transparent to Give Doctors a ‘Window’ into the Body
A revolutionary new technique uses food dye to provide a "window" into the body by making skin transparent.
By applying a mixture of water and...
Baldness May Be Treated by Sugar That Naturally Occurs in the Human Body
Only 2 FDA-approved drugs exist for treating male pattern baldness, but a third may have just been found inside our own bodies.
A naturally occurring...
Kombucha Can Mimic the Effects of Fasting in the Body, According to a Study
The microbes in the fizzy, fermented drink called kombucha, make several changes to the way fat is metabolized in the gut and intestines that...
Teen Who Was Told He’d Never Walk with Cerebral Palsy Just Took 1st Place in Bodybuilding Competition
Hunter Moore is just like any other teen athlete. He loves to play sports, made the varsity team, and doesn't mind throwing up a...
Groundbreaking Wearable Device Takes Ultrasound Images of Muscles During Exercise for Better Diagnosis, Treatment
A George Mason University bioengineer has developed a wearable ultrasound system that can detect immediately if that twinge or tweak in your back or...
Using the Body’s ‘Invisible Scalpel’ to Remove Brain Cancer With Immunotherapy at Salk Institute
A team of scientists at the Salk Institute have found that a particular kind of immunotherapy was able to train the brain's 'invisible scalpel'...
New Tool Can 3D Bio-Print Inside Human Body to Construct Natural Tissue-Like Structures
It's wild what they can do with robots these days. A new device that acts as a three-in-one surgical tool can also 3D-print living cells...
Bizarre Creature From China Had a Dinosaur Head on Bird’s Body – a Missing Link From 120 Million Years Ago
The evolution of dinosaurs into birds is a transition that encompasses such dramatic morphological changes that paleontologists are still scratching their heads to understand...
Breakthrough Obesity Treatment in Early Research Can Target Bad Fat Anywhere in the Body
Folks struggling with obesity might wonder that with all the medical miracles modern technology has produced, how come there isn't a more sure-fire way...
Cold Water and Air Increase “Good” Body Fats Says a Review of More Than 100 Studies
Cold water immersion has long been known to the northern Europeans as a fortifying activity, but the science behind this bizarre cultural/medicinal practice is...
Grandma Lost 250 Pounds and is Now a Bodybuilder After Saggy Skin Removal
Unable to get around without a walker, an English Granny has gone on to shed 250 pounds, have 28 pounds of saggy skin removed,...
Researchers Design T-shirt Fabric That Reduces Body Heat, Protecting People From Rising Temperatures
It's pretty easy to make clothing designed to keep you warm, either with natural inspirations or synthetic designs, but making something designed to keep...
Giant Storms on Jupiter Captured By Incredible NASA Images Sent From Juno Spacecraft
NASA's Juno space probe has taken some incredible photos of the Red Planet's super-storms on a recent flyby of the gas giant.
With its host...
Bone Broth Strengthens Immunity, Body, and Joints, And You Don’t Need To Spend A Bunch To Make It
For several years now, collagen-rich bone broth—created by boiling bones to extract the gelatin and marrow within—has become popular on the health and wellness...