Kathleen Aharoni

2 weeks ago | chicagohealthonline.com | Kathleen Aharoni |Columbia College

Fact checked by Jim LacyHumanity in healthcare, in the United States at least, feels like an oxymoron. Is that because we expect more honoring and better tending from a field, medicine, focused on keeping humans well? Yet, inherent in doctor visits is threat. Will something be discovered that will devastate me physically, psychologically, familialy, financially? Threatened, our senses are heightened; we are more open to triggers and trespasses.

Oct 12, 2024 | chicagohealthonline.com | Kathleen Aharoni |Columbia College

Fact checked by Shannon SparksThe pursuit of happiness is an unalienable right — and not just because the Declaration of Independence says so. This health-inducing, prosperity-promoting tonic is available to all, limitless in supply, with the power to benefit us personally and globally.

Sep 23, 2024 | chicagohealthonline.com | Kathleen Aharoni |Columbia College

Oakbrook resident Amy Kopp, 41, had been sick for several years when she decided to try something called cow cuddling. Kopp had stage 4 neuroendocrine cancer of the pancreas that traveled to the liver; she was undergoing treatment for endocrine tumors and taking in food through a tube. She often felt nauseous and exhausted and had just begun walking on her own again. It was a lot. Yet, while with the cows, Kopp says, “I felt very safe.

Apr 8, 2024 | chicagohealthonline.com | Kathleen Aharoni |Columbia College

Fact checked by Derick WilderAwe is awesome and can be inspired by both good and bad. Good: the Cubs winning the World Series (super awesome!). Bad: 9/11. In both instances, men, women, the young, and the elderly felt an extraordinary connection that, for the Cubs winning, carried us in celebration, and for the latter, united us in shock, grief, and disbelief.

Sep 27, 2023 | chicagohealthonline.com | Kathleen Aharoni |Columbia College

This is not a joke. Ready? What mitigates major chronic diseases, all while cleaning and cooling the air, decreasing stress, and beautifying neighborhoods? Trees. “If trees were a vitamin, everyone would be lining up to take it. The benefits are enormous,” says Raed Mansour, director of the office of innovation at the Chicago Department of Public Health.