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Weekly Digest: A.I. diagnosing, Covid-19 Vaccine News, Healthcare Improvements, Home Covid-19 Test

November 23, 2020
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Photo by CDC on Unsplash (rights-free) A summary of important health news from the past week. These Algorithms Could Bring an End to the World’s Deadliest Killer By: Apoorva Mandavilli With a quarter of all cases of Tuberculosis in India, the need for…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Guidelines for a safer Thanksgiving Holiday

Should Thanksgiving be canceled? Can the holidays be remote? These are questions we should be asking ourselves as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. The past months of lockdown and isolation have disrupted our normal patterns of life. We long to see…

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What’s in your cup? Various Beverages and their Health Effects — Part 2

November 17, 2020
Jocelyn Spizman
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Photo by Piotr Chrobot on Unsplash (rights-free) By Jocelyn Spizman With so many beverage options out on the market, it is helpful to understand the health effects of what we choose to drink. In this second section we will be…

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Weekly Digest: SAD this Winter, Covid-19 Resurges, Covid-19 Vaccine Update, Thanksgiving Sickness

November 16, 2020
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A summary of important health news from the past week. Pandemic depression is about to collide with seasonal depression. Make a plan, experts say. By Chelsea Cirruzzo The pandemic has increase the prevalence and severity of mental illnesses; social isolation…

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What’s in Your cup? Various Beverages and their Health Effects — Part 1

November 12, 2020
Jocelyn Spizman
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Photo by Nigel Msipa on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Jocelyn Spizman With so many beverage options on the market, it is helpful to understand the health effects they have on our body. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing…

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The Tumors that Science Ignores

November 10, 2020
Adaora Ntukogu
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Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu What are Uterine Fibroids? Do you know a disease that up to 70 percent of women will get in their lifetime, a disease whose cause remains mysterious? Uterine fibroids…

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Weekly Health Digest: Magic Mushrooms, New Covid-19 theories, Pandemic Thanksgiving, Health Insurance

November 9, 2020
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A summary of important health news from the past week. Magic Mushrooms May Help Cure Depression By: Shawn Radcliffe According to a new study, the psychoactive compound psilocybin found in magic mushrooms can relieve symptoms of major depressive disorder. Twenty-four…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Why We Sleep

Sleep is something that affects us all, yet it is still one of the least understood aspects of our life and wellness. Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker, answers the most important questions about sleep. He provides scientific research on…

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Trauma Porn and How to Cope

November 4, 2020
Dynasti Degouville
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Photo by Obi - @pixel6propix on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Dynasti deGouville Over the past decade, social media has gained popularity at an unprecedented rate. In 2020, the worldwide number of social media users jumped to 3.81 billion people, an immense…

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Weekly Health Digest: STD Rates, Contact Tracing, Loneliness, & Peanut Allergies

November 2, 2020
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Photo by Vladislav Nikonov on Unsplash (rights-free) A summary of important health news from the past week People Are Still Having Sex. So Why Are S.T.D. Rates Dropping? By: Jan Hoffman Since the pandemic, S.T.D. rates have drastically dropped from their pre-pandemic levels. Although…

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