Weight Loss Miracles
Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu If you could have one wish, what would it be? A million dollars? World peace? The ability to reach in your pocket and pull out whatever it is that…
Weekly Digest: Johnson & Johnson Vaccine, Arthritis Drugs, & Texas
A summary of important health news from the past week. FDA Gives Emergency Authorization for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine By: Shawn Radcliffe The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the single-dose Johnson & Johnson (J&J)COVID-19 vaccine for emergency…
V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker
If you have recently been vaccinated against COVID-19, or will be soon, you can enroll in V-safe to keep track of any side effects. V-safe, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a mobile post-vaccination health…
“Which Doesn’t Belong?”: Evaluating Spirituality’s Place in Medicine
Photo by Matheus Ferrero on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Zainab Molumo Over its centuries-long evolution, modern medicine has earned the reputation for being a profession informed by objectivity and logic, rarely being associated with religion or spirituality. Despite having some of…
Microchip or Myth?
Photo by Hakan Nural on Unsplash (rights-free) Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been working tirelessly to engineer a vaccine that is safe and effective. In early November 2020, Pfizer released early data showing that their COVID-19…
Telehealth During COVID-19
By: Gordon Chan Hospitals and doctor’s offices have been notorious breeding grounds for germs and deadly pathogens long before COVID-19. The pandemic has brought that reality further into light, leaving sick people wary of risking their health by going to…
Weekly Digest: Probiotics, COVID death, Infertility, and Snowstorms
A summary of important health news from the past week. Are Probiotics Effective for Weight Loss? By: Jillian Kubala Probiotics are “live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host.” Probiotic supplements contain large doses…
Health Beyond the Blog: “Denying to the Grave”
Denying To the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us (Oxford University Press) was published in 2016, but has deep relevance to our world today. Authors Jack and Sara Gorman, a father-daughter team, look at why people…
Not Just COVID: Forgotten Health Epidemics of 2021
By: Sarah Du The crowding of hospitals across the globe at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed other major epidemics to the side, exacerbating death rates across all non-COVID-19-related illnesses. Other patients became increasingly wary of whether the medical…
Weekly Digest: Pollen, COVID & Fertility, Children Mental Health, School Re-openings
A summary of important health news from the past week. Nothing to sneeze at: Global warming triggers earlier pollen By: The Associated Press In a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences journal, pollen season is starting…