Health & Healing

Healing a broken system.

The Story of Cosmetics

posted Jul 21, 2010

What's in your shampoo, anyway? Annie Leonard explores the toxins in our bathrooms, and what to do about them.

Health Care Happy Endings

by Dr. Ken Fabert

posted Jul 14, 2010

New Zealand's health care system still allows for happy endings. But what about the U.S.?

Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature

by Rev. Wendy L. Bell

posted Jun 25, 2010

The Rev. Wendy L. Bell reviews Kathleen Dean Moore latest book.

The School Lunch Revolution

by Mark Winne

posted Jun 07, 2010

A new book uncovers the best reasons yet for unconditional school food reform.

Health Care Economics 101

by Ken Fabert

posted Jun 02, 2010

When it comes to health care, everyone can't have everything right away. But we can make smarter choices that don't leave anyone out in the cold.

New Challenges for Community Clinics

by Tom David, Jane Elizabeth Stafford

posted May 04, 2010

Now that a version of health care reform has passed, what will happen to the institutions that have helped the poor and uninsured cope: community clinics and health centers?

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: Teach Every Child About Food

posted May 03, 2010

Oliver passionately urges us to get food smart to live longer.

Beyond Vaccines: Addressing the Social Causes of Poor Health

by Roseanne August, Beverly Bell

posted Apr 21, 2010

One health clinic in Port-Au-Prince is using art, education, and community to help its patients heal. What can international aid agencies learn from their model?

The New Zealand Way: Another Approach to Health Care

by Ken Fabert

posted Apr 08, 2010

When I ask New Zealanders if they would rather have a system like that in the United States, the response is a unanimous and unequivocal “No!”

Holy Week: A Journey Toward Community

by Pastor Don Mackenzie

posted Mar 22, 2010

The journey through Holy Week is a journey “out of Egypt,” because it frees us from the practices and stereotypes that keep us from moving toward a more positive future.

A Second Opinion on Health Care

by Ken Fabert

posted Mar 15, 2010

In medicine, it's a time-honored tactic to obtain a second opinion if the diagnosis is unclear or if the therapy isn't working. Physician Ken Fabert went to New Zealand to experience another possible way of providing health care to America's uninsured.

Why Everyone Suffers in Unequal Societies

by Brooke Jarvis

posted Mar 04, 2010

An interview with epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, whose research shows that what the healthiest and happiest societies have in common is not that they have more, but that what they have is more equitably shared.

Buy Happy

by Caitlin Battersby

posted Feb 01, 2010

Mystified by all the labels? How to buy humane eggs and meat.

Is Laughter the Best Medicine?

by R. Morgan Griffin

posted Jan 07, 2010

Feeling rundown? Try laughing more. Some researchers think laughter just might be the best medicine, helping you feel better and putting that spring back in your step.

In Search of Care :: International Adventures in Public Health

by Michael Fox

posted Sep 29, 2009

Michael Fox has sought medical care in more than a dozen countries. One of them stands out as the most difficult place to get treatment: his native United States.