{"id":24683,"date":"2025-03-25T23:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=24683"},"modified":"2025-03-26T00:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T00:28:43","slug":"at-this-clinic-in-hawaii-nature-is-the-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=24683","title":{"rendered":"At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-737c7b12\">\n<p>Take a deep breath. <\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-2b0f0021\">\n<p>Sound on.<\/p>\n<p>And step into a lush tropical forest, tucked into a valley alongside soaring mountains not far from Oahu\u2019s southern coast.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"VideoBlock-1\">\n<figure class=\"sizeFull css-sx232s\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\" data-testid=\"VideoBlock\">\n<div class=\"css-1xb94ky\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-n27z15\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.66666666666666%\">\n<div class=\"css-mm3pwi\">\n<div style=\"height:0\">\n<div class=\"css-vxcmzt\">\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1cueeje\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.66666666666666%\">\n<div class=\"css-1ihorw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-ew1078\">\n<div class=\"css-ptry2i\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"css-ktho12 e3rygrp0\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-1lsv4am e6idgb70\">50 States, 50 Fixes<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h1 id=\"link-b444808\" class=\"css-vt1tsv e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\">At This Clinic in Hawaii, Nature Is the Medicine<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-zera2v\">\n<div class=\"css-14jae4t\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The air is filled with birdsong, the land a tableau of soft greens and gentle light. This is Ho\u2018oulu \u2018\u0100ina, a 100-acre preserve with an unusual twist. Linked to a community health center, it is a place where patients come to heal the land, and themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As climate change accelerates and the Trump administration abandons the fight, Ho\u2018oulu \u2018\u0100ina is one example of how people in all 50 states, red and blue, are working to restore land, clean up waterways, cut pollution and protect wildlife.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">50 States, 50 Fixes<\/strong> is a series about local solutions to environmental problems. More to come this year.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\" \/>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Twenty years ago, Ho\u2018oulu \u2018\u0100ina was neglected, overrun with garbage and invasive plants. 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