Medicine Archives

Fire Best Medicine Pandemic COVID Wildfires California

Fire Is the Best Medicine

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 12 min read Charlie Deist Chaos, Environmentalism, Medicine, Nature, Pandemic

Just as apocalypse means revelation, so can fire be medicine and poison. “Fire medicine” confers benefits on individuals and communities.

(Madi Robson)

Essays Science & Tech

Medicine Alone Can’t Beat Diseases. We Need Stories as well.

May 15, 2017December 27, 2021 10 min read Nicole Carloni Medicine, Narrative

In joining the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, one graduate student discovers the psychological power of proper stories, and how their equally impressive ability to challenge practices, were essential to improving medical outcomes.