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Health Beyond The Blog: NATAL, the podcast

Photo by Tembinkosi Sikupela on Unsplash (rights-free) The racial disparities in pregnancy and birthing experiences in the US is an urgent and important issue, one that needs to be explored beyond the statistics and numbers. NATAL, a narrative podcast about…

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Atlanta: “The Public Health Capital of The World”

April 21, 2022
News Team
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Thanks to the presence of the CDC and other agencies, Atlanta is the capital of public health in America – but that position obscures how racism and inequality affected the evolution of public health.

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COVID Chronicles | Navigating Nutrition & Food Advice Online During a Pandemic

In this episode, host Devyn Townsend focuses on the complex intersection of nutrition and health through the lens of social media by considering the quality and messages of content posted online, the behaviors that are reinforced, and the impacts these components can have on individuals’ relationships with food and their bodies.

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Weekly Health Digest: Abortion Access, CDC Institutional Review, The Loss of a Legend, High C-Section Rates in the South

A summary of health news from this past week. Photo by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash (rights-free) As states move to restrict abortion access, neighboring states prepare for surges in demand By: Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Many Republican-led states have recently passed…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Author Q&A Series Features Dr. Emily Willingham

The Health Storytelling series of livestreamed Q&As with authors of provocative new books returns with Dr. Emily Willingham and her new book, The Tailored Brain.

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Incarceration, Mortality, Race: Health Impacts of Prison for Black Americans

April 14, 2022
Annika Urban
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In the US, unequal incarceration rates exact a cost on Black Americans that have long-lasting health implications.

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COVID Chronicles | Mental Health & Trauma Therapy During COVID-19

In this episode, host Katerina Rinaldi takes a deep dive into EMDR, a newly popular form of trauma therapy that raises questions about evidence-based practice, monetization of knowledge, and the surprising truth about what really makes therapy work.

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Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapies: The Future of Cancer Medicine

April 12, 2022
Jessica Maaskant
News, Read

The field of CAR-T cell therapies has skyrocketed in the past decade. What are the implications for these novel cancer treatments?

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Weekly Health Digest: Medical Gaslighting, COVID-19 Nasal Spray, Sleep Disparities

Women Are Calling Out ‘Medical Gaslighting’ By: Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times A large body of scientific literature has found that medical providers are more likely to dismiss the medical concerns and symptoms of women and people of color.…

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Health Beyond the Blog: To DST, or Not To DST. That Is The Question

Recommendation: The NPR podcast Short Wave dives into the controversy around making daylight saving time permanent.

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