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Health Beyond the Blog: Healthy Scary Movies and a Covid Event

It's the spookiest time of year again! And many of use are indulging in scary movies, which may actually be healthy for us. Watching scary movies might help us burn calories, help with anxiety, and even improve immune response. But…

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Similarities and Differences Between Flu and Covid-19

October 28, 2020
Gordon Chan
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Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Gordon Chan Covid-19 and the seasonal flu are both infectious respiratory illnesses, yet they are caused by very different viruses. Covid-19 is caused by infection with the virus Sars-CoV-2, whereas the flu…

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On Global Child Mortality

October 27, 2020
Sarah Du
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Photo by Seth Doyle on Unsplash (rights-free) Children under the age of five are often the first to experience symptoms of an illness, a side effect of an underdeveloped immune system. In 2019, an estimated 5.2 million children under the…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Bending the Arc

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We Still Feel it: Transgenerational Trauma in Black Communities

October 22, 2020
Dynasti Degouville
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Photo by Guillaume Issaly on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Dynasti DeGouville Epigenetics and Trauma Response A developing field of biological study, epigenetics, has begun to shed light on the effect of trauma on the human genome. Epigenetics is the study of…

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No Kidding | Dr. Rakesh Jain: Understanding Anxiety

Dr. Rakesh Jain is a psychiatrist and researcher. Dr. Jain and Eleanor sit down to discuss anxiety and nervousness, and how allowing yourself to have these feelings is okay. Dr. Jain also explains helpful & easy ways to manage these emotions.

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Allergies, Asthma, and C-sections: The Implications of Birthing Methods

October 20, 2020
Jocelyn Spizman
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Photo by Amit Gaur on Unsplash (rights-free) By Jocelyn Spizman Babies born by Cesarean-section are at a higher risk of developing asthma and allergies.[8] This is partly explained by the relationship between mode of delivery and the baby's microbiome.[2,8] Babies…

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Weekly Health Digest: Empathy Overload, Covid-19 vaccine timeline & tracker, Healthy Lifestyle, Miscarriage grief

October 19, 2020
News Team
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How to Care for Yourself While Supporting Others By: Juli Fraga and Kelsey Crowe Feelings of burn out and emotional exhaustion are very common, and even more common during stressful times such as a pandemic. These feelings, referred to as…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Race and Reproductive Justice

Today, we recommend the video of the October 1st panel event hosted by the Center for the Study of Human Health titled "Race and Reproductive Justice". This was the first in the 2020-2021 series "Race, Ethnicity, and Health". Our panelists…

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COVID-19 Hotspots are not random: Early study highlights Social Determinants of Infection

Photo by Jérémy Stenuit on Unsplash (rights-free) Americans suffer different rates of illness and disease due to healthcare disparities, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made this worse. By: Jocelyn Spizman Healthcare disparities are the varying burdens of disease and…

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