Health Beyond the Blog: Your Skin Explained
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Zainab Molumo Your Skin; the mammoth of all human organs and the title of season 3, episode 8 of the Netflix + Vox docuseries, Explained. In an enthralling (at times perturbing)…
Author Q&A: Olivia Campbell
Please join us on November 10th for a conversation between Human Health professor and science journalists, Maryn McKenna and author Olivia Campbell about her new book, Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changes the World of Medicine.…
Health Beyond the Blog: Decolonizing Health Equity Research
NPR’s podcast series, Shortwave, examines the latest in health and science news, mysteries, and discoveries. In a recent installment entitled “White Scholars Can Complicate Research into Health Disparities,” hosts Maria Godoy and Usha Lee McFarling discuss threats to health equity…
Health Beyond the Blog: Vox Presents The $5,000 Butt
Delving into the lifestyle of cosmetic surgery, Vox explains how influencers renewed interest in a decades-old procedure: the Brazilian butt lift. This informational podcast details the intricacies of the BBL procedure, aftercare, and the shadiness that comes with an increasingly…
Health Beyond the Blog – Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
This week's recommendation for Health Beyond the Blog is the novel, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. As a surgeon specializing in endocrine and general surgery, Gawande explores the concept of death in current-day…
Health Beyond the Blog: Tips for Coping with Stress
Photo by Food Photographer | Jennifer Pallian on Unsplash (rights-free) Things are stressful right now. We are almost a year and a half into a global pandemic that continues to devastate communities. Meanwhile, summer is approaching and folks are left…
Health Beyond the Blog: Opioids, Inc. Documentary
Today, we recommend a documentary about the opioid epidemic that focuses on the producers of these drugs. FRONTLINE showcases a 53-minute documentary on Insys, a pharmaceutical company that pushed consumers to use their opioid painkiller drug by bribing physicians and…
Health Beyond the Blog: “Viral Justice”: Dr. Ruha Benjamin
Join us April 22nd from 4 - 5:30 pm EST for "Viral Justice: Racism, Vulnerability, and Refuting Black Pathology" a talk by author and speaker Dr. Ruha Benjamin. In this talk, Dr. Benjamin examines the twin crises of COVID-19 and police violence,…
Health Beyond the Blog: Headspace Guide to Meditation
A new Netflix original series Headspace Guide to Meditation is a short informational series about the practice and science of meditation. It encourages everyone to make meditation an integral part of their lives. Narrated by author and meditative practitioner, Andy…