Nathanael is the health editor at the startup mycirQle. His work has been published in Harper's Magazine, and featured on This American Life. After cutting his teeth at a small-town daily newspaper in Idaho, Nathanael went on to work at the public radio station KALW in San Francisco, as a Clay Felker Fellow at New York Magazine, and as a freelancer. He is currently writing a book about the idea that what is natural is healthy, due out February 2013. Nathanael graduated from Pomona College in 2001 and received his master's degree in journalism from University of California, Berkeley, in 2005.

Articles

A Big Gulp Ban on Oversized Sodas

<p>Innovative health reforms in Oregon, new recommendations on hormones for women, an intensive treatement for hypertension, the spread of Chagas disease and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

The Home-Birth Debate Reprised

<p>Unnecessary angioplasties, friendlier relations between insurers and care providers, hospitals that cater to the patient rather than focusing purely on the disease, and more from our Daily Briefing.&nbsp;</p>

CDC Lowers Lead Limits

<p>Maternal mortality rates, healthy eating, statins for all, more nuance on HDL cholesterol and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>