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Infant Health Starts Before Conception

April 17, 2025
Alexa Morales
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News Team member Alexa Morales discusses the importance of maternal nutrition in determining the lifelong health outcomes and growth of children.

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The Future of AI in Healthcare

April 16, 2025
Harleigh Markowitz
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News Team Member Harleigh Markowitz describes the many ways healthcare providers can use AI to improve patient outcomes, as well as the fears patients have about its continued adoption.

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Circadian Rhythm Disruption

April 15, 2025
Justine Borgia
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News Team member Justine Borgia dives into the science of our circadian rhythm to understand how work and school schedules are preventing healthy sleep and creating health problems.

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Weekly Health Digest: Maternal Mortality, Microplastic Accumulation, Pollen Allergies, Reversing Extinction

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Maternal mortality rates after delivery, microplastic accumulation in human brains, increases in pollen with increased climate change, biotech company brings dire wolves back from extinction.

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Health Beyond the Blog: Netflix’s “Hack Your Health”

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Alexa Morales recommends the Netflix documentary "Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut" for insights into the gut microbiome and its interconnectedness to other parts of our bodies.

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The Problem with Supplements

April 10, 2025
Ananya Dash
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News Team Member Ananya Dash discusses supplement quality, benefit, and oversight for daily and prenatal use, and the failure of federal regulation to ensure quality and protect consumers.

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Weekly Health Digest: Sleeping with Socks, Shingles Vaccination, “Electroceutical” Treatments

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: How socks can lead to better sleep, the biological mechanism from the shingles shot that reduces dementia risk, deep brain simulation and its use against treatment-resistant mental health disorders.

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Health Beyond the Blog: HBO Max’s “The Pitt”

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Stephanie Oehler recommends HBO Max's new show, "The Pitt" for its authentic and insightful glance into the chaotic lives of emergency department providers.

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Weekly Health Digest: 23andMe Bankruptcy, NIH Cuts, Pregnancy Physiology, Fluoridation Ban

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Fear of privacy violations in wake of 23andMe bankruptcy and sale, another round of NIH lay-offs with more coming, how the body experiences pregnancy and recovery from childbirth, and Utah's water fluoridation ban.

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Health Beyond the Blog: Dr. Jessi Gold and “How Do You Feel?”

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Merom Arthur recommends Dr. Jessi Gold's new memoir "How Do You Feel?: One Doctor's Search for Humanity" for those who serve others for its pointed reflection on the need for self-compassion in addition to compassion for others.

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