Your body is made of about 100 trillion cells. Ever wonder what happens inside one of them? BioVisions, a beautiful series from Harvard University and XVIVO sets out to visualize the inner life of the cell. This science fiction-esque video, “Powering the Cell: Mitochondrion” is an accurate animated depiction of what happens in your body’s cellular...
In 2010 Jamie Oliver received the TEDPrize for his wish to create a food revolution. Now, two years later we are excited to share the next chapter. You’ve seen the show and heard about his aggressive public campaign to change the way kids experience food. His wish has grown into a global community of people...
(HUNTSVILLE, Al) On Saturday morning, April 28 from 8:00 – 9:30 a.m., Huntsville Botanical Garden will host Alabama’s Largest Yoga Class led by Katherine Orton as part of the Healthy Huntsville initiative in partnership with Sterling Health. Best of all, the class is absolutely FREE! Enjoy one of Huntsville’s most beautiful locations as you...
How would you create the future of health? One approach is to gather 1,500 of the brightest game changers in one location for an epic four day event known as TEDMED. This extraordinary conference is like stepping into an alternate reality. Mingle in the social space among chief innovation officers of giants such as Philips,...
Think of TED as a marathon for your mind. Topics range from quadrotor flying robots to the abundant future of humanity; basic human rights to next-generation liquid metal batteries. And that's just the first session.
Sneezes regularly top 100 miles per hour. How’s that for a quick liquidation of your nasal cavity assets. Visualization by Sterling Health intern Justin Coggin. Tweet
TED 2012 begins one week from today (yes!!!!). Big thinkers from around the world converge in Long Beach to experience brilliant ideas and caliber conversations. Our Creative Director, Amy Robinson, host of TEDxHuntsville and curator of the TEDx Global Music Project, will represent Sterling Health at TED. Stay tuned for a post-TED wrap up on healthsterling.com. For...
North Alabama spends $2.4 billion buying food each year. $2.2 billion of this food is sourced outside the region. These and other findings will be reported at a public presentation of the North Alabama Local Farm and Food Economy Report commissioned by the North Alabama Food Policy Council. Location: Huntsville City Council Chamber, 308 Fountain Circle, Huntsville,...
“It’s what’s on the inside that counts” Good news for all of us who hope to live long, healthy lives: a new study illustrates a striking revelation on long-term muscle integrity. Turns out your muscles do not necessarily atrophy with age as long as they are regularly strenuously exercised. “This study contradicts the common observation that muscle mass...
Being healthy is not easy. It takes work. Eating well, exercising, managing stress and remaining curious are learned habits that are easier when you have a community encouraging you. With this in mind, we are proud to introduce Healthy Huntsville, the gamified, crowd-sourced, community health initiative brought you as a collaboration between HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and Sterling...
Bean Salad by Challice Freeman of Huntsville, AL 1 can garbanzo beans 1 can cannellini beans 1 can kidney beans ½ red onion, chopped 1 cup fresh parsley 1 cup fresh cilantro 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 1/3 cup sugar ¼ cup olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Mix vinegar, oil,...
The health firms of tomorrow will collectively create something more than any individual technology or company.