the whole child

Environmental Injustice: Children's Health Disparities and the Role of the Environment

...is the title of an article released today in "Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing" as part of this month's global publishing theme on poverty and human development.

"Situational Science": Life imitating art

The recent NEJM thimerosal study nonsense reminds me of a recent Gary Trudeau cartoon.

New Hope for Autism Research

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) quietly released a statement yesterday detailing the launch of three new studies into biological and environmental factors in children with autism. This is big news, delivered without much fanfare.

Imaging Imagery

The latest issue of Technology Review contains several fascinating articles (as usual), but one in particular struck me as directly relevant: researchers are developing better ways to visually image pain and how we modulate suffering.