Photo by Piotr Chrobot on Unsplash (rights-free) By Jocelyn Spizman With so many beverage options out on the market, it is helpful to understand the health effects of what we choose to drink. In this second section we will be…
Photo by Nigel Msipa on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Jocelyn Spizman With so many beverage options on the market, it is helpful to understand the health effects they have on our body. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing…
Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu What are Uterine Fibroids? Do you know a disease that up to 70 percent of women will get in their lifetime, a disease whose cause remains mysterious? Uterine fibroids…
Photo by Obi - @pixel6propix on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Dynasti deGouville Over the past decade, social media has gained popularity at an unprecedented rate. In 2020, the worldwide number of social media users jumped to 3.81 billion people, an immense…
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Gordon Chan Covid-19 and the seasonal flu are both infectious respiratory illnesses, yet they are caused by very different viruses. Covid-19 is caused by infection with the virus Sars-CoV-2, whereas the flu…
Photo by Seth Doyle on Unsplash (rights-free) Children under the age of five are often the first to experience symptoms of an illness, a side effect of an underdeveloped immune system. In 2019, an estimated 5.2 million children under the…
Photo by Guillaume Issaly on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Dynasti DeGouville Epigenetics and Trauma Response A developing field of biological study, epigenetics, has begun to shed light on the effect of trauma on the human genome. Epigenetics is the study of…
Photo by Amit Gaur on Unsplash (rights-free) By Jocelyn Spizman Babies born by Cesarean-section are at a higher risk of developing asthma and allergies.[8] This is partly explained by the relationship between mode of delivery and the baby's microbiome.[2,8] Babies…
Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu Eating Disorders Eating disorders are fatal illnesses associated with severe disturbances in people’s eating behaviors and related emotions. There are 2 main types of eating disorders, the restriction subtype…
Drug overdose, especially regarding the opioid epidemic, has plagued the lives of over 750,000 people in the past two decades. In 2019 alone, the CDC reported over 72,000 deaths by drug overdose, two-thirds of which involved opioids. Amidst the current Covid-19 pandemic,…