“During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the classroom. In low-income neighborhoods like Sunset Park, where I taught, students as young as five years old enter school affected by the stresses often created by poverty: domestic violence, drug abuse, gang activity.” YearsSchoolYoungCitiesPovertyFiveSawsTeacherViolenceNew YorkStudentsTaughtDrugActivityLowsAbuseStressImpactIncomeParksFive YearsSunsetNeighborhoodAffectedNew York CityClassroomDomestic ViolenceGangPublic SchoolElevenFive Year OldsSchool TeachersDrug AbuseLow Income Author:Sal Albanese
“Love and intimacy are at the roots of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing...I am not aware of any other factor in medicine- not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery- that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death from all causes.” WellsSufferingCausesHealingQualityGreaterSadnessExerciseDrugRootsSickStressImpactMedicineIllnessFactorsIntimacyDietsSmokingSurgeryQuality Of LifeGeneticsPrematureIncidencePremature Death Author:Dean Ornish
“Sometimes I wonder what will be the air conditioning of my dying days. What thing will they add that will make it impossible to be uncomfortable? Because I do assume that as an old person, I will be very comfortable. There will be something - a drug or some way to impact the air around me - that when I relax, I'm gonna feel great. So I do look forward to that.” WayFeelsLooksPersonsSometimesWonderImpossibleAirDyingDrugComfortableImpactAddAssumingUncomfortableRelaxConditioningSometimes I WonderAir ConditioningOld Person Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Kids out there now have learning issues. Having mental issues. And everybody is looking towards what drug to give them, but is anyone looking at the food that the children are eating? What you're eating has a big impact.” GivingChildrenBigsKidsIssuesDrugEatingImpactBig Impact Author:Ziggy Marley
“The socio-economic impact of gambling addiction is comparable to drug and alcohol addiction” EconomicDrugImpactAddictionAlcoholGamblingDrugs And AlcoholAlcohol Addiction Author:John Warren Kindt
“Today, all across this country there are going to be rallies led by Democrats and others to fight against the devastating impact of repeal of the Affordable Care Act. 20 million people thrown off of health insurance, prescription drug prices raising for seniors, privatization of Medicare: devastation. And we've got to fight back against that.” PeopleCountryCareTodayFightingMillionsDrugImpactDemocratThrownSeniorAffordablePrescriptionsMedicareDevastationPrescription DrugsPrivatizationAffordable Care Act Author:John Lewis