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Health Beyond the Blog: “In the Spotlight”

In the Spotlight: EMBRACE and Refugee Health (sponsored by RISE, Emory University) The Emory Center for Reproductive Health in the Southeast (RISE) will be hosting the first session of their new "In the Spotlight" series this Wednesday, April 17, 2019.…

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Sexism: The Greatest Silent Killer

April 11, 2019
Yeeun Lee
News, Read

By: Yeeun Lee Sexism in the medical field has been present throughout history. From the 18th century notion of female hysteria, to the numerous obstacles of becoming a female physician, discrimination against women in healthcare has taken many forms. And…

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Measles: The Senate Committee Hearing on Vaccines

April 10, 2019
Katherine Lewis
News, Read

By: Katherine Lewis Editor's note: This article is the conclusion of a 3-part series on measles and vaccines. You can read part one here and part two here. This debate over who can decide if a child is vaccinated–the government,…

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Weekly Health Digest: Fluoride Standards, E. Coli, Walgreens Health, and More

A summary of important health news from the past week. FDA proposes new fluoride standard for bottled water, but some say it's still too high By: Susan Scutti The FDA is considering lowering the standard for fluoride levels in bottled…

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Health Beyond the Blog: “A Path to Curing HIV”

By: Katherine Lewis In 2007, a German doctor declared that the “Berlin Patient”, later identified as Timothy Ray Brown, had been cured of HIV following a bone marrow transplant intended to cure his cancer. Brown’s case was extremely unique because…

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Measles: How an Eradicated Disease has Resurfaced in the United States

April 2, 2019
Katherine Lewis
News, Read

By: Katherine Lewis Editor's Note: This article is the second of a 3-part series on measles and vaccines. Although the US has significantly greater vaccine coverage than Madagascar, 6 outbreaks (defined as 3 or more cases) have been reported so…

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Weekly Health Digest: Opioid Case, HIV and Organ Donation, School Shooting Technology, and More

A summary of important health news from the past week. OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma and Sackler family agree to pay $270 million to settle Oklahoma state opioid case By: Berkeley Lovelace Jr. Purdue Pharma was scheduled to go to trial for…

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Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue: New Zealand vs. the United States

March 28, 2019
Imani Brooks
News

It took New Zealand six days to respond with gun legislation to Christchurch’s massacre that cost the lives of 50 people. In 2019 alone, there have been 62 mass shootings in the United States that have killed 113 people in…

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Maryn McKenna’s workshop, “The Secret Strategies of Ted Talks”

March 27, 2019
Yeeun Lee
Health@Emory, Read

By: Yeeun Lee TED talks are popular amongst people from all around the world and from different age groups. Their slogan–“Ideas Worth Spreading”–hints at how they cover topics from a wide array of disciplines. But having various subjects that can…

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Ten Common Nutrition-Related Misperceptions

By: Dan Benardot, PhD, DHC, RD, LD, FACSM Visiting Professor, Center for the Study of Human Health The focus on nutrition to attain or maintain a state of good health is an increasingly important feature of the scientific literature. This…

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