Health Beyond the Blog: Hank Green’s TikTok is Your New Source For Science Info
The Health Storytelling: Author Q&A series returns March 29 and April 19, 2022.
Health Beyond the Blog: Author Q&A Series Returns
The Health Storytelling: Author Q&A series returns March 29 and April 19, 2022.
Health Beyond the Blog: Your Skin Explained
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Zainab Molumo Your Skin; the mammoth of all human organs and the title of season 3, episode 8 of the Netflix + Vox docuseries, Explained. In an enthralling (at times perturbing)…
Health Beyond the Blog: Decolonizing Health Equity Research
NPR’s podcast series, Shortwave, examines the latest in health and science news, mysteries, and discoveries. In a recent installment entitled “White Scholars Can Complicate Research into Health Disparities,” hosts Maria Godoy and Usha Lee McFarling discuss threats to health equity…
Health Beyond the Blog: Vox Presents The $5,000 Butt
Delving into the lifestyle of cosmetic surgery, Vox explains how influencers renewed interest in a decades-old procedure: the Brazilian butt lift. This informational podcast details the intricacies of the BBL procedure, aftercare, and the shadiness that comes with an increasingly…
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…
Health Beyond the Blog: Tips for Coping with Stress
Photo by Food Photographer | Jennifer Pallian on Unsplash (rights-free) Things are stressful right now. We are almost a year and a half into a global pandemic that continues to devastate communities. Meanwhile, summer is approaching and folks are left…
Health Beyond the Blog: Opioids, Inc. Documentary
Today, we recommend a documentary about the opioid epidemic that focuses on the producers of these drugs. FRONTLINE showcases a 53-minute documentary on Insys, a pharmaceutical company that pushed consumers to use their opioid painkiller drug by bribing physicians and…
Health Beyond the Blog: Headspace Guide to Meditation
A new Netflix original series Headspace Guide to Meditation is a short informational series about the practice and science of meditation. It encourages everyone to make meditation an integral part of their lives. Narrated by author and meditative practitioner, Andy…
Health Beyond the Blog: Medical Mysteries
The Washington Post Medical Mysteries column is a series of articles that tell the stories of patients who have undergone various procedures and visited multiple physicians of ranging specialties to find the source of their illness. One particular article told…