Why we drool over tasty snacks
Saliva is a remarkable substance. It might be 99 per cent water, but it is far more than that. Without…
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Fifty years of holistic health
I grew up in a household where holistic health was a way of life. Eileen Stevens my mother was part…
Paintings in Hospitals
This is not going to discuss Art Therapy – the medicine of the creative process in art – one of…
Flora: An Artistic Voyage through the World of Plants
Rebecca Wallersteiner Reviews Flora, Botanist Dr Sandra Knapp’s exquisitely illustrated new book explores the history and health-giving properties of plants…
Bharti Kher – This Breathing House
Rebecca Wallersteiner visits a new art exhibition at the Sigmund Freud Museum, London which celebrates 160 years since the birth…
The taboo secret to better health | Molly Winter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Brajdazp1o Our poop and pee have superpowers, but for the most part we don't harness them. Molly Winter faces down…
Licensing traditional Chinese medicines
For a long time, traditional herbal medicines were available throughout Europe without any proper quality control and regulation. Concerns about patient safety…
Battle Of The Bulges! (1941)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81ZaD1IoFbw Various shots of 1940s glamour girls in swimsuits and high heels using exercise machines in a gym. The machines…
Is there wine in the Congo?
Sarah is about to start her first assignment for MSF, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She blogs about why…
While it is yet Day: The Story of Elizabeth Fry
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at the 19th century’s greatest prison and nursing reformer Elizabeth Fry – the sober face…