AltWeeklies Wire
Environmental Racism in the South Bronxnew
One in four children in the Hunts Point neighborhood has asthma. While urban planners and public health specialists are still struggling to find the cause for the community's disturbingly high asthma rates, for parents like Tanya Fields there is no question that it's the air they breathe that makes their children wheeze.
New York Press |
Gabriele Steinhauser |
05-08-2008 |
Science
Stretching Toward Jesusnew
If yoga is Hindu, why are Christians doing it in church -- and to the Lord's Prayer?
New York Press |
Elizabeth Valerio |
11-01-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Bittersweet Truth About Dark Chocolatenew
It is probably less wonderful for your health than you think.
New York Press |
Alyssa Galella |
11-01-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Gary's Mistakenew
You'd think today's kids would know better, but in the last five years, HIV diagnoses among gay New York City teenagers has doubled -- we talk to a recently infected 19-year-old boy.
New York Press |
Colby Brin |
09-27-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
1 in 4 Gay Men in NYC Have HIVnew
So why doesn't anyone seem to care anymore?
New York Press |
John Mikytuck |
09-27-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Struggling to Give a Son With Rare Genetic Disorder a 'Normal Life'new
Despite being in diagnostic limbo and not fully covered by insurance, 6-year-old Hunter Cavanaugh smiles and plays like most boys his age.
New York Press |
Joe Pompeo |
06-07-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Hubble-Bubble Bust?new
Studies show that a popular form of tobacco use is more dangerous than people think.
New York Press |
Sushil Cheema |
08-24-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Last Gaspnew
Ground Zero volunteers suffer in silence as the clock ticks on their health.
New York Press |
Sushil Cheema |
08-24-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Marijuana Reform Advocates Are Burning Outnew
From New York to California, the frontline soldiers of marijuana reform are showing fatigue. One lobbyist hopes that New York Senate Majority leader Joseph Bruno could turn the tide because the 75-year-old Republican's own bout with prostate cancer has given him empathy for other cancer victims.
New York Press |
Dan Neel |
12-22-2004 |
Science
Kingdom of the Sick: Recovering Lustnew
After falling ill last year and experiencing everything that came afterward—a month in the hospital, the removal of my spleen, many rounds of chemotherapy—I felt that my sex life was over.
New York Press |
Henry Flesh |
10-01-2004 |
Science
