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Dr. Richard Davidson: Meditation Made Easier

The New Science of Wellness, Compassion and Mindfulness. Join us on this podcast as Dr. Richard Davidson describes exciting findings from a recent study of a free, widely available app-based wellness intervention developed by Healthy Minds Innovations.

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Health Beyond the Blog: Birth Wars

Join us for a free, online screening of Birth Wars and discussion with award-winning filmmaker Janet Jarman on October. 14th from 7-9:00 p.m. Told through deeply personal stories, Birth Wars chronicles a power struggle between doctors and midwives in Mexico about whose vision…

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Dr. Robyn Fivush: We Are the Stories We Tell Ourselves

The Role of Self and Family Narratives in Human Well-Being. Join us on this podcast as Dr. Fivush describes her work and gives pointers on how stories can promote our well-being.

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Telling Health’s Story | Undermining Reproductive Health and the Lives of Black Mothers

In HLTH 385W: Health Writing and Narratives, created by Maryn McKenna, CSHH student Mikahla Gay writes a news feature piece on racism and injustice, more specifically tackling the topic of undermining reproductive health and the lives of black mothers.

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Where Mind and Body Meet: The Gut-Brain Axis

October 5, 2021
Lexi Rosmarin
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Photo by Kira auf der Heide on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Lexi Rosmarin We typically think of mental health as being just that - the intricacies of the mind and brain working to control our thoughts and feelings. However, our mental…

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Weekly Health Digest: Virtual Rehab, Covid-19 Vaccines for Pregnant People, Obesity Rates Rise

Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels (rights-free) A summary of important health news from the past week. How the Pandemic Led to the Rise of Virtual Rehab By: Meagan Drillinger Since the start of the pandemic, telehealth treatment has been…

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Health Beyond the Blog – Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

This week's recommendation for Health Beyond the Blog is the novel, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. As a surgeon specializing in endocrine and general surgery, Gawande explores the concept of death in current-day…

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Weekly Health Digest: Georgia’s ‘heartbeat’ law, Vaccine Hesitancy in Healthcare, Recall on Chantix, Vaccines for Children

September 27, 2021
News Team
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A summary of important health news from the past week. Georgia's 'heartbeat' law to be argued in federal appeals court By: Kate Brumback and The Associated Press A federal appeals court plans to hear arguments Friday on whether it should…

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Babies and Antibodies: How the COVID-19 Vaccine Affects Fetuses

September 23, 2021
Dynasti Degouville
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By: Dynasti deGouville On December 11, 2020, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine became the first of its kind available under the FDA’S emergency use authorization for those 16 years and older. Since then, 180 million Americans have gotten one or both…

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Dr. Christina Gavegnano: Creativity in Biomedical Science

How a Drug Never Expected to Work is a Life-Saver for COVID-19 and People Living with HIV. Join us as Dr. Gavegnano gives us a window into the creativity and patience that led to a story of scientific discovery.

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