AltWeeklies Wire
Alt.Health: Be Smart About Body Artnew
There's been some scary stuff in the news lately about tattoo parlors getting pinged for health and safety violations. Most of it's about problems maintaining sterilization equipment, which might get you checking out who's going to inscribe that butterfly on your butt.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
07-13-2009 |
Advice
Planned Parenthood Gets Squeezed Out in Orange Countynew
Anti-abortion-rights activists and the Orange County Board of Supervisors teamed up to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
Parasite City: A Gnawing Bed Bug Problem Grows in Southeast Baltimorenew
People whose homes have been infested say they have noticed a pattern: Spanish-speaking immigrants rent a rowhouse, and soon it becomes overcrowded. Mattresses are discarded on the street, leaning against fences or in areaways. Then neighboring homes are infested with bed bugs.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
07-07-2009 |
Science
Snuffed: How Big Tobacco Killed the Texas Smoking Bannew
With the tide of public sentiment so strong against them, Big Tobacco's well-paid minions adopted ninja tactics, lobbying members behind closed doors and over the telephone to snuff out a high-profile bill with such widespread public support.
The Texas Observer |
Melissa del Bosque |
07-01-2009 |
Politics
Stress: Causes and Curesnew
Name any ailment you may have, and stress will probably make it worse. Are you feeling stressed just reading this?
Jackson Free Press |
Melia Dicker |
06-26-2009 |
Culture
'Food, Inc.': Appetite Suppressantnew
Doomsday opening aside, Food, Inc. largely forgoes bombast, but you don't need the pictures to get the drift here, which is, more or less, that the American food industry is pretty much fucked.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-26-2009 |
Reviews
'Enlighten Up!' Documents a Skeptic's Journey into the Big Omnew
Director Kate Churchill, who admits up front that her own yoga discipline has changed her life dramatically, chooses a 29-year-old New York journalist to serve as the control factor in her argument for the benefits of yoga.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-19-2009 |
Reviews
'Food, Inc.' Reveals Hidden Costs on the Menunew
Of all the scary food documentaries, Food, Inc. proves the most powerful and the most neatly packaged. Overall, it serves as a resounding call to action that holds out hope for the future. In the short-term, its perspective on food calls to mind an old quip by Rodney Dangerfield: "At my house, we pray after we eat."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-18-2009 |
Reviews
Connecticut's Needle Exchange Programs Face the Chopping Blocknew
New Haven launched one of the first needle-exchange programs in the country in 1990, and it became a national model for curbing the spread of AIDS through intravenous drug use. Gov. Jodi Rell's plan to eliminate the entirety of the $455,000 the state spends yearly on needle exchange is pennywise and pound foolish, advocates say, ensuring a spike in infections.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
06-16-2009 |
Science
Advocates Work to Tranform Community-Based Care in Pennsylvanianew
The majority of disabled people in need of long-term care want to live at home. To do so, they need people like Brenda McFadden to help them get through the day. But the working conditions are intense and poorly remunerated.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel Denvir |
06-15-2009 |
Business & Labor
How to Become More Medically Self-Sufficientnew
Dr. Charley Cropley shares five key things we can all do to take our health care into our own hands in order to improve the quality of our own lives, decrease our need for medical treatment and thus reduce our dependence on the health-care system.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
06-15-2009 |
Science
Overcoming Illness Is Only Half the Battle for Cash-Strapped New Mexicansnew
Through outreach work, Health Action New Mexico has discovered common scenarios that force people to fall into the trap of insurmountable health costs.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
06-09-2009 |
Economy
Rare Hib Disease Increases in Minnesotanew
Is the anti-vaccine movement to blame for a rise in the number of cases of a rare, life-threatening infectious disease?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
06-05-2009 |
Science
Santa Barbarans Team Up to Pen First Ever Yoga Textbooknew
It's all in the title, Yoga: For the Joy of It!. More than a tale about mind meeting body, this recently released hardback is the first ever college text all about yoga.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Alexandra Markus |
06-01-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
How a Minnesota Mental Health Patient Was Forced into Electro-Shock Therapynew
There were 41 cases of the controversial practice of forced, court-ordered electroconvulsive treatment in Hennepin County last year. Ray Sandford was one of them.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
05-22-2009 |
Civil Liberties
