Healing Cultural Wounds
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âA Walk to Beautifulâ is a complex and quietly devastating indictment of chauvinist societies.
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A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington suggests that bone marrow produces cells that not only help fight infection, but also permanently heal wounds.
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While some arts groups are likely to benefit from a change in New York Cityâs process for dispensing culture funds, those that fared well under the old system may face significant losses.
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Child labor. Forced abortions. Religious persecution. Jailed dissidents. Cultural cleansing in Tibet and ethnic cleansing in Africa.
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Israel's Six Day War offered American Jews a refuge from the social traumas of the 1960s. How the conflict reshaped the community.
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Herb-infused cloth is becoming popular with India's stressed urban workers seeking seek cures for conditions such as insomnia and eczema.
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A PBS documentary called 'The Power of Forgiveness' has a healing message for survivors of the school shooting.
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Researchers say they could be used to treat burn wounds, skin injuries    HealthDayNews -- Cells in the hair follicles of the skin appear to be stem cells that may offer potential new ways to treat burn wounds and other skin injuries, as well as hair loss.    That's the promising conclusion of a study in the Sept...
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The lesson in Asif  Kapadia&#39;s &quot;Far North&quot; is that when an independent and obviously  resourceful woman from the tundra says that a shaman told her  she would bring harm to anyone foolish enough to get close to  her, it&#39;s wise to listen.
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By Lindee, Susan  REBECCA M. HERZIG, Suffering for Science: Reason and Sacrifice in Modern America. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press, 2005. Pp. ?+194. ISBN: 0-8135-3662-6.
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Indonesia's idyllic island is slowly recovering from 2002's deadly blast, but for its victims, healing may take longer
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TRENTON, N.J. -- With more ill and injured people unable to speak English, hospitals, clinics and rescue squads are turning to picture boards to bridge the communication gap with easily understood images.
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Since ancient times people have marked their bodies as a form of cultural spiritualism. A new book of photographs looks at tattoos, scarification, and other traditional and modern body markings in more than 30 countries. Photo gallery included.
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By Munz, Tania  LORRAINE DASTON and GREGG MITMAN (eds.), Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. Pp. vii+230. ISBN 0-2311.3038-4. Pounds 32.00, $49.50 (hardback).
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A professor who teaches music healing and jazz improvisation classes researches the relationship between music and the human heart.
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Sam Kim presents a persuasive choreographic metaphor for the loss of self.
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Traditional plant remedies used to treat diabetes, fight cancer, or heal wounds in Asia and Africa have proven scientifically effective, according to new published research.