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Introducing News Team Member Gordon Chan

February 4, 2020
Gordon Chan
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Imagine, a rural patient from the countryside needs to travel 100 miles three times a month; four hours on a rocky road, three intermittent bus changes, and taking one day off from work, just to obtain professional cardiovascular health care.…

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Weekly Health Digest: Self-healing Lungs, the Anti-Diet, Doctors on TikTok, and more

February 3, 2020
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A summary of important health news from the past week Lungs 'magically' heal damage from smoking By James Gallagher A study recently published in Nature has found that the few cells that are unaffected by smoking have the potential to…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth

Recommended by: Dr. Jennifer C Sarrett Monday, February 3rd at 4:30 Dr. Dana-Ain Davis will be at Spelman College to discuss her book, Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth. Dr. Davis is a professor of Anthropology at CUNY who…

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Long Shaped by Fire, Now Destroyed by It — Australia’s Dangerous New Era

January 30, 2020
Yeeun Lee
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By Yeeun Lee Numerous pictures and videos of helpless Koalas are going around the internet, hinting at the extreme damage the current Australian bushfires are causing to its wildlife. In addition to the tremendous environmental damage, the bushfires also have…

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Weekly Health Digest: Coronavirus, Healthcare Tech, Surgeon General’s Warning, Kids and Cooking Shows

January 27, 2020
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A summary of important health news from the past week Coronavirus explained: What you need to know By Jen Christensen and Meera Senthilingam The current Chinese coronavirus, similar to the SARS virus, has infected hundreds since its initial outbreak in…

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Introducing News Team Member Vivian Tsao

January 25, 2020
Vivian Tsao
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As a Human Health major and Political Science minor, I’ve always had a fascination for the intersection of public policy and public health. Last summer I had the opportunity to work as a research assistant at the UBC School of…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Sawbones Podcast

Recommended by: Jennifer C. Sarrett Sawbones is a humorous medical history podcast featuring the McElroy's. Sydney McElroy is a physician who researches the podcast's topics while her husband, Justin McElroy, provides funny commentary. They have covered a wide range of…

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A Weekend Providing Healthcare in Rural Appalachia

December 17, 2019
Deanna Altomara
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Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash By: Deanna Altomara When I signed up for the job, I did not envision myself toting buckets of blood across a middle school gym. Yet this was the least of the challenges I encountered while planning and…

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A Glimpse Into the Current Vaping Epidemic

December 11, 2019
Yeeun Lee
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By Yeeun Lee Created in the 1960s as a “smokeless non-tobacco cigarette,” e-cigarettes have only recently become popular.[1] Over the years, as tobacco use has decreased in the United States, e-cigarette use has increased. While there are several factors that…

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Weekly Health Digest: Once a Month Birth Control Pill, Hair Chemicals Increase Cancer Risk, Vaping, and Sickle Cell

December 9, 2019
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A summary of important health news from the past week Once-a-month oral contraceptive pill in tests By: Michelle Roberts A team of researchers funded by the Gates Foundation have started testing a once a month oral contraceptive pill on pigs.…

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