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Health Beyond the Blog: Addicted to the Internet

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Rebecca Superman highlights the rising epidemic of social media addiction and recommends the podcast "Chasing Life"

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Not All Sports are Created Equal

February 28, 2023
Andrew Feld
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Andrew Feld discusses the research challenges of determining how different types of sports impact youth mental health, and how to help parents understand the findings.

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Weekly Health Digest: Bird Flu, East Palestine Air Pollution, How Lighting Affects Healthcare, & REM Sleep

February 27, 2023
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New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Bird flu death in Cambodia, dangerous chemicals in the air at East Palestine, changing hospital lighting to find bruises, and the power of REM sleep.

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Health Beyond the Blog: Radiolab and the Golden Goose

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Gabrielle Stearns illuminates how it's often the wackiest science that leads to humanity's most valuable discoveries

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MAKING SPACE FOR ART IN SCIENCE

February 22, 2023
Gabrielle Stearns
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Inaugurating a longform vertical at Exploring Health: CSHH senior and dancer Gabrielle Stearns reflects on how science and the arts can enrich each other.

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Weekly Health Digest: Teenage Sadness, Over-the-Counter Narcan, and American Child Malnutrition

February 20, 2023
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New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: rising teenage girl sadness, over-the-counter Narcan coming soon, and American child malnutrition

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Health Beyond the Blog: Zero, the Intermittent Fasting App

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Emily Kim promotes the intermittent fasting app, Zero

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Weekly Health Digest: Hospice Negligence, Biden’s SOTU Promises, Predatory Baby Formula Companies, and the Highest U.S. Rate of Sadness in Teenage Girls

February 14, 2023
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New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: hospice negligence, Biden's SOTU promises, predatory baby formula companies, and the highest U.S. rate of teenage girl sadness

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Dr. Christine Whelan: Demystifying Purpose with Emory’s New Purpose Professor

February 13, 2023
Charles Raison
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Host Charles Raison is joined by Dr. Christine B. Whelan, Emory University’s new purpose professor for a podcast that will demystify and define the concept of purpose. They will take you through the steps to create your own personal purpose statement and frame the questions so that you can anticipate the practical and emotional obstacles on your path to purpose.

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Health Beyond the Blog: The State of Mental Health Care in America

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Nolan Shah elevates John Oliver's effort to discuss the state of mental health care in the United States

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