Health Beyond the Blog: Sara “Sparky” Park
News Team member Joy Lee recommends Korean content creator Sara "Sparky" Park and her content focusing on Korean recipes to combat PCOS.
Weekly Health Digest: Teen Social Media, Overdose Deaths, FluMist, Microplastics, and Pregnancy Brain
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team:
The possible efficacy of social media "teen accounts," unexplained declines in overdose deaths, at-home nasal flu vaccine, microplastics in nasal tissue, and the relationship between pregnancy, hormones, and the brain.
HealthierU | DIY Psychiatry
Have you ever struggled with your mental health and sought answers for your problems on the internet or social media? If so, this episode is for you, as host Lauryn Palacio dives into the complex practice of self-diagnosis in psychiatry.
Weekly Health Digest: Anti-LGBTQ Laws, Social Media Health Risks, and Teen Mental Health
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Discover our Weekly Health Digest, exploring the implications of harsh anti-LGBTQ laws, investigating the role of social media as a public health risk, and delving into current issues in teen mental health.
The Enduring Challenge of Eating Disorders
News Team member Emily Kim writes that eating disorders are more prevalent than most people realize, and affect a wide range of populations.
Health Beyond the Blog: Our Attention Spans are Becoming Shorter Than Ever. Why?
New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Andrew Feld illuminates how we are not the customers of social media companies, but the product
The $5,000 Butt: What BBLs Really Cost You
The evolution of bodily aesthetics in the 1990s and early 2000s produced, like every decade before then, the faces of beauty. The idealized facial and body type championed the ultra-thin, fragile physique on a narrow frame decorated with glorious, chiseled…
Social Media: The New Epidemic
Photo by ROBIN WORRALL on Unsplash (rights-free) Gone are the days of MySpace and AIM, where social media was purely a chatting platform to connect with friends. Today, Youtube, Snapchat, and Instagram are the most popular social media platforms among…
COVID Chronicles | Quaranteens: COVID-19 and the Social Media Epidemic
Social media use increased during the pandemic, which has exacerbated the mental health effects already seen in teens and young adults. Host Edie Bates and guests discuss how online schooling may negatively affect mental health and take away from the in-person learning experience.
Trauma Porn and How to Cope
Photo by Obi - @pixel6propix on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Dynasti deGouville Over the past decade, social media has gained popularity at an unprecedented rate. In 2020, the worldwide number of social media users jumped to 3.81 billion people, an immense…