The Gravity of Emotional Pain + Other Stories
Every week, we corral the best wellness stories from around the internet—just in time for your weekend bookmarking. This week: how noise pollution can affect your cardiovascular health; a writer’s call to treat emotional pain as seriously as physical pain; and a look at a physician who changed the way we think about circulation.
This Doctor Upended Everything We Knew About the Human Heart
National Geographic
An interesting read about William Harvey, a British physician who, in the 1600s, developed a pioneering theory about how blood flows through the body. His observations were both challenged and applauded and ultimately paved the way for further research on circulation.
Why We Need to Take Emotional Pain as Seriously as Physical Pain
Ideas.Ted
While the pain of a broken heart may not be as visible as other injuries, Guy Winch argues that we should take it just as seriously.
Why Car Horns, Planes and Sirens Might Be Bad for Your Heart
Washington Post
According to new research, loud noises can do more than startle you—they may have a lasting effects on your cardiovascular health.
Raising the American Weakling
Nautilus
Americans’ grip strength is rapidly declining in the information age, and Tom Vanderbilt gets a handle on what this means for our health.