Health and the Body Politics
How do we evaluate the health of a society?
Public Health
An Argument for a Plant-based Diet
There is an increasing debate between those who believe meat is essential to human diet and health, and those who do not. One side believes we should not eat meat because it’s bad for our health, and many also use ethical and moral reasons to justify it. The ethics of killing animals is a very …
Critic of the Contemporary
Beyond East and West Changing your perspective on health, social and personal transformation Something is desperately wrong. People in Western countries spend billions dollars on healthcare, therapy and drugs. France and the U.S. have the highest rate of antidepressant consumption. They spend even more on entertainment. The principle option in life seems to now be …
Living Healthy — Interview with Keyvan Golestaneh
CHI: What is holistic natural medicine? Is it able to replace “conventional” medicine? Is it enough for our needs? Golestaneh: Natural medicine has a very long history; it isn’t new. There are some forms, such as Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, which go back approximately 5,000 years, and in Western naturopathic tradition going, which go back about 150 …
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The Future is Here: Technology and Medicine in a “New Age”
“It is not the strongest…that survives…It is the one that is most adaptable to change” ~ Charles Darwin “What is now proved was once only imagined” ~ William Blake Ever since humans have had tools, the idea of controlling our environment has ignited our imagination. Basic technology, fire, and…