Dynamic changes in the contribution of air pollution, meteorological conditions and aging to cardiovascular mortality.

Craft involves the application of human skill and invested time. Some have argued technology has undermined human expertise by replacing craftwork with automation, disposing of human ingenuity and proficiency. Can new technologies integrate skill, materials and labor with the products of craft? How does technology affect the use and significance of the crafted artifacts? Conversely, how does th...

Using printed and archival records, this article analyzes the sensory practices associated with air quality in sixteenth- seventeenth-century Italy. Air pollution was a prime concern for early modern Italians, particularly urban centres where industry, density, frenetic sensescapes were thought to prompt chronically unhealthy airs. According experts, at root of individual public health. My anal...

Recently published, Sky Above Clouds: Finding Our Way Through Creativity, Aging, and Illness is the final book to bear Dr. Cohen’s name. Written together with his wife and business partner, art therapist Wendy L. Miller, and Teresa H. Barker, the book was released at the end of April. Initially conceived under a different title and concept, Sky Above Clouds is a book that almost wasn’t. Cohen a...

Aging is accompanied by an increase in markers of innate immunity. How aging affects neutrophil functions remains of debate.The adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR), essential to the resolution of inflammation, modulates neutrophil functions. We sought to determine whether or not A2AR protects against the effects of aging. We monitored neutrophil influx, viability, and activation as well as cytokine a...