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Hurricanes: A Public Health Issue

September 13, 2019
Imani Brooks
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By: Imani Brooks September is National Preparedness Month. At the start of this month, Hurricane Dorian demonstrated the serious need to learn about how hurricanes are in fact a public health issue. Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November…

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Health Beyond the Blog

September 13, 2019
Yeeun Lee
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Recommendations for health related events, activities, and resources Breathe Recommended by Yeeun Lee Searching for a lighthearted movie to watch on a Friday night, I came across Breathe. What started off as a typical romantic movie quickly took an unexpected…

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Introducing News Team Member Adaora Ntukogu

September 10, 2019
Adaora Ntukogu
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Photo by Bruno Nascimento on Unsplash By: Adaora Ntukogu This Summer, I became a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. My decision to pursue this certification was very spontaneous, but quickly became necessary and obvious. From childhood, I have…

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Weekly Health Digest: Soda and Early Death, Fifth Death Linked to Vaping, Genes linked to Left-handedness, and more

September 9, 2019
News Team
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Drinking two glasses of soda daily can increase your risk of an early death, study says By: Najja Parker Researchers from Germany, Spain and other European countries recently conducted a study with 51,743 men and women with an average age…

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Recommendations for health related events, activities, and resources The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai Recommended by Dr. Jennifer Sarrett I've been reading The Great Believers, a wonderful novel that is set in both the early-mid 1980s and 2015. These storylines…

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Weekly Health Digest: Opioid crisis ruling, Lyme disease, Secondhand E-Cigarette Vapors

September 3, 2019
News Team
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A summary of important health news from the past week. Opioid crisis: Johnson & Johnson hit by landmark ruling By Russell Hotten The multinational corporation Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m to Oklahoma for its role in the state’s opioid…

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How Healthcare Works in Vietnam

August 13, 2019
Deanna Altomara
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By: Deanna Altomara Of all the countries I visited on my study abroad program in the Spring of 2019, Vietnam felt the most foreign. This southeast Asian country had a completely different language, culture, and history than anything I’ve ever…

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The Context of Health Disparities in South Africa

June 20, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Sarrett
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By: Deanna Altomara This past semester, I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study health in three different countries: Vietnam, South Africa, and Argentina. While I was stunned by many things I learned, I was particularly struck by the history of…

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Deodorant and Breast Cancer: Fact or Myth

By: Azzairia Jackson-Sherrod Editors’ Note: This post is from a Human Health course titled “Nutrition and Health Mythbusters” taught by Dr. Myra Woodworth-Hobbs. You can read more about the class and assignment here as well as read another student's work…

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Student Experiences: Impact of Experiential Learning with Health 1,2,3’s 4th Level (Part 4) with Grad Gen

By: Mimi Xu, Ayana Dickens, and Avani Patel Editor’s Note: This piece is the fourth of four student essays about their experiences participating in Health 1,2,3’s classroom to community 4th level component. See here to learn more about this new program…

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