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What’s in your cup? Various Beverages and their Health Effects – Part 3
Photo by Alice Pasqual 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 third section, we will explore…
Weekly Digest: A.I. diagnosing, Covid-19 Vaccine News, Healthcare Improvements, Home Covid-19 Test
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…
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…
What’s in your cup? Various Beverages and their Health Effects — Part 2
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…
Weekly Digest: SAD this Winter, Covid-19 Resurges, Covid-19 Vaccine Update, Thanksgiving Sickness
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…
What’s in Your cup? Various Beverages and their Health Effects — Part 1
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…
The Tumors that Science Ignores
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…
Weekly Health Digest: Magic Mushrooms, New Covid-19 theories, Pandemic Thanksgiving, Health Insurance
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…
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…