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“Which Doesn’t Belong?”: Evaluating Spirituality’s Place in Medicine

February 25, 2021
Zainab Molumo
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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…

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Microchip or Myth?

February 24, 2021
Dynasti Degouville
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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…

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Telehealth During COVID-19

February 23, 2021
Gordon Chan
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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…

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Weekly Digest: Probiotics, COVID death, Infertility, and Snowstorms

February 22, 2021
News Team
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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…

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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…

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Not Just COVID: Forgotten Health Epidemics of 2021

February 17, 2021
Sarah Du
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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…

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Dr. Tessa Roseboom: The Child is the Father of the Man: Impacts of Childhood on Adult Health

Dr. Tessa Roseboom discusses how negative exposures in the womb or in childhood impact adult health.

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Weekly Digest: Pollen, COVID & Fertility, Children Mental Health, School Re-openings

February 15, 2021
News Team
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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…

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Dr. Steve Cole: Exploring the Immunology of Well-Being

Dr. Steve Cole discusses how COVID can trick the immune system in ways that look eerily similar to the effects of loneliness.

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Health Beyond the Blog: Hidden Brain Podcast

Photo by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash (rights-free) Hidden Brain is an NPR podcast hosted by Shankar Vedantam about the science behind unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices, and direct our relationships. Through the art of detailed storytelling,…

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