Health Beyond the Blog: The Atlanta Science Festival Returns
The two-week Atlanta Science Festival returns this Saturday with events around the city, culminating in an all-day celebration in Piedmont Park on March 26.
Health Beyond the Blog: Athletes and Plant-Based Diets in “The Game Changers”
The documentary "The Game Changers" examines plant-based diets and their effect on athletes. DO its claims hold up?
Health Beyond the Blog: Hank Green’s TikTok is Your New Source For Science Info
The Health Storytelling: Author Q&A series returns March 29 and April 19, 2022.
Health Beyond the Blog: Author Q&A Series Returns
The Health Storytelling: Author Q&A series returns March 29 and April 19, 2022.
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…