People, ideas, products and methods
Reading the journey of neurosurgeon, James Doty MD, does indeed have a fantastical element to it. He was born into a family where his mother was ill and his father an alcoholic. A world characterized by uncertainty, violence and few prospects. At 13 he began taking drugs and was beginning to get into trouble. By …
“2 billion people live without” safely managed drinking water services” (on site, available when needed and uncontaminated).” WHO Drinking-Water Fact Sheet Imagine a popular nightclub promoter deciding to turn his life around and channel his energies and passion into making a difference in the world? Scott Harrison has built one of the most successful and …
Raise your hand if you have dabbled in the world of IKEA DIY. For some of us it can be a humbling, and in fact total meltdown experience. The instructions for IKEA products usually come as pictures without text and for someone like Temple Grandin who describes herself as a visual thinker, as opposed to …
“Health Care Without Harm seeks to transform the health sector worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it becomes ecologically sustainable and a leading advocate for environmental health and justice.” Healthcare without Harm was begun in 1996 after the Environmental Protection Agency identified medical waste incineration as the leading source of dioxin, one …
“Founded on Radical Listening, Health in Harmony is a rainforest conservation organization holistically addressing the health of people, ecosystems, and the planet.” The tension between conservation of natural resources and the health and wellbeing of local populations has long existed. Dr. Kinari Webb, an American physician and Ashoka and Mulago fellow, founded Health in Harmony …
“We don’t need to remake our health-care system or rebuild it from the ground up. We don’t need to do very much. It’s pretty simple, quite attainable. Just an added perspective and a change of pace.” Victoria Sweet PhD, MD (physician, historian, author) What is the practice of “Slow Medicine”? This movement began in Italy, …
“The role of a bricks-and-mortar setting as the major option for legitimate knowledge transfer is a thing of the past.”— Erica Frank Erika Frank MD, MPH, FACPM is a Preventive Medicine physician, medical and educational researcher and public health and environmental advocate. Dr. Frank has dedicated her life and career to finding ways to create impact …
The Artist Within I recently read the fascinating story of Dr. Gindi, a German/Egyptian physician turned sculptor. She traveled the world as a general practitioner before shifting her life into that of an artist, studying at the Florence Academy of Art. Although she states that this may not be the most expected transition for a physician, she …
“Dr. Netter’s contribution to the study of human anatomy is epochal. He has advanced our understanding of anatomy more than any other illustrator since the 16th century, when Vesalius introduced drawings based on cadaveric dissections.” ~ Michael Debakey M.D. Frank Henry Netter (25 April 1906 – 17 September 1991) initially began his working career as …
