Press Room
The Last Best Cure
Press Highlights
- Donna Jackson Nakazawa’s OpEd “I’m Not Cured, but I Am Healed“ on PBS‘ online magazine, Next Avenue
- Donna Jackson Nakazawa on TV discussing The Last Best Cure with guest host Montel Williams, on Joy Behar‘s TV show “Say Anything”
- WPR Wisconsin Public Radio interview with Donna Jackson Nakazawa on The Last Best Cure, The Veronica Reuckert Show
- Donna Jackson Nakazawa’s journey in The Last Best Cure in Brainworld Magazine
- Donna Jackson Nakazawa’s The Last Best Cure Blog in Psychology Today
Praise & Reviews
- Katrina Kenison, author of The Gift of an Ordinary Day: “The Last Best Cure will change lives; it may even save some.”
- Sylvia Boorstein, author of Happiness is An Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life: “This is a genuine page-turning science/non-fiction thriller!”
- Andrew Weil, M.D. author of Spontaneous Happiness: “Donna Jackson Nakazawa has written a moving account of her recovery from severe autoimmune disorders and her success with innovative mind/body therapies.”
- Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom: “As both a science journalist and someone struggling with serious health issues, Donna Jackson Nakazawa offers clarity, heart, and hope for recovery and well-being.”
- Tara Brach, Ph.D., author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge: “Grounded in scientific research and presented with great lucidity and warmth, Donna’s story will guide, comfort and inspire you as you journey toward full aliveness and wellbeing.”
- Brainworld Magazine
- Huntington News
Radio Interviews
- WPR Wisconsin Public Radio interview with Donna Jackson Nakazawa on The Last Best Cure, The Veronica Reuckert Show
- Santa Fe Public Radio’s The Journey Home, an interview with Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Web Reviews, Blogs & Forums
- Autoimmunity Network
- autoimmunemom.com “How To Get Your Joyfulness Back As An Autoimmune Mom”
- My RAD Life
- Laurie Edwards
- WorkingWithChronicIllness
- YogaAddicted
- LifeUnity
- I.G.Living
- DavidKinchen
Excerpts from The Last Best Cure on the Web
- Read the Introduction and Chapter One on Penguin.com
- Read a short excerpt from Chapter Two
Television
- Donna Jackson Nakazawa on TV discussing The Last Best Cure with guest host Montel Williams, on Joy Behar’s TV show “Say Anything”
The Autoimmune Epidemic
Press Highlights
- Donna Jackson Nakazawa and THE AUTOIMMUNE EPIDEMIC on THE TODAY SHOW.
- “Body Wars,” a Q. & A. with Donna Jackson Nakazawa about today’s autoimmune epidemic in The Baltimore Sun.
- Scientists worldwide puzzle over an alarming and unexplained rise in the rates of autoimmune disease. Yet the media remain mute on this crisis. Excerpt from THE AUTOIMMUNE EPIDEMIC posted on Alternet.org
- “Q. & A. with Donna Jackson Nakazawa,” posted on Alternet.org
- Dr. Mark Hyman’s Ultrawellness Blog and YouTube video discussing THE AUTOIMMUNE EPIDEMIC
Articles by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
- “Four Minutes with My Father: A Near-Death Experience” (July/August 2010) MORE magazine (download as pdf)
- “Ill in a Day’s Work” (February 2009) and “How a Marriage Survives When One Partner Gets Sick” (September 2009) a two-part series in MORE magazine detailing the effects of chronic illness on the personal and professional lives of mid-life women.
- “Your Family Flu-Prevention” Donna Jackson Nakazawa’s article on boosting your family’s immune systems and fending off H1N1 and other nasty viruses in Ladies Home Journal. (Dec 09/Jan 10)
- “Disease Like Mine Are A Growing Hazard,” Donna Jackson Nakazawa’s essay about the autoimmune epidemic in the Outlook section of the Washington Post. (March 2008)
- “The Scariest Health Threat You’ve Never Heard Of,” Donna Jackson Nakazawa’s article on the autoimmune epidemic facing young women in Glamour. (September 2008)
Praise & Reviews
- Publishers Weekly: “Everyone with a friend or family member with an autoimmune disease will find this a must read.”
- Library Journal: “Nakazawa articulates highly complicated medical processes in extremely comprehensible language. . . Highly recommended.”
- Booklist / Starred review “A straight-talking alarm. . . [a] comprehensive heads-up.”
- U.S. Senator John F. Kerry: “An important book. . . . I urge every American to read [it].”
- Fred Miller, MD, Ph.D. Chief of the Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institutes of Health: “An insightful exploration.”
- Douglas Kerr, MD, Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center: “Compelling… as necessary as ‘An Inconvenient Truth.’”
- Mark Hyman, MD, author of the New York Times bestsellers UltraPrevention and UltraMetabolism: “Provides answers and a roadmap for recovery.”
- Congressman Fortney H. “Pete” Stark (California): “Brilliantly blends personal stories with pure science highlighting…the role everyday environmental toxins play….We must heed her warnings.”
- Noel R. Rose, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Autoimmune Disease Research: “Ms. Nakazawa deserves credit for putting this important issue before the public“.
- Montgomery Advertiser
- New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Baltimore Sun
- Indianapolis Star
- The Capital (Annapolis, Md.)
Radio Interviews
- National Public Radio WBFO Meet the Author – download mp3
- Wisconsin Public Radio (NPR) podcast
- Utah Public Radio (KCPW) – download mp3
- Health Talk with Dr. Ronald Hoffman on WOR Radio 710 HD – February 5, 2008 – download mp3
- Natural Living with Gary Null / WPFW-FM / Washington, DC
- You the Owner’s Manual with Dr. Michael Roizen / Health Radio Network – download mp3
- Healthy Talk Radio with Dr. Julian Whitaker/Sirius Satellite Radio
- Nutritional Medicine Update with Robert Crayhon
- Healthline with Dr. Alan Pressman/Air America Radio
- What Women MUST Know with Sherrill Sellman, ND / Progressive Radio Network
- The Joanie Greggains Show with Joanie Greggains, KGO Talk Radio San Francisco
- Christine Craft Show, KGO Talk Radio San Francisco
Web Reviews, Blogs & Forums
- HuffingtonPost.com
- EndFatigue.com
- SoulCenteredHealing
- Health News Digest
- Natural Health Network
- All Things Well
- My New Health
- Ultrawellness
- Live Journal
- Alternet
- sacbee (Sacramento Bee)
- Indystar
- Reuters
- She Knows
- Brijit
- Neuroanthropology
- Suburban Guerrilla
- Stef’s Journal
- Scleroderma forum
- clipmarks
- Autism Speaks
- Coffee Rooms
- Good Reads
- Faves
- Goarticles
- Upublish
Excerpts from The Autoimmune Epidemic on the Web
- Democratic Underground
- The TCE Blog
- Darwiniana
- Kwitsach Hadera’s Live Journal
- Oregon Skywatch
- Natural Kynergy
- The Today Show
- Your Total Health / NBC
- Newschannel 8 / Washington, DC
Does Anybody Look Like Me?
Reviews for Does Anybody Look Like Me?:
Time
Seattle Times
Publishers Weekly
Duke Magazine
Human Nature
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Articles by Donna Jackson Nakazawa:
- A New Generation Is Leading the Way, Parade, July 6, 2003
- Living Longer: Diet, AARP: The Magazine, September/October 2006
- Red Wine and Chocolate: The Reality, AARP: The Magazine, September/October 2006
- 5 Foods That Can Add Years To Your Life, AARP: The Magazine, September/October 2006
Other Articles of Interest:
- Where I Got Daisy, Parenting, May 2007