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Understanding Health Disparities in Underserved Populations
Navigating the Landscape of Health Disparities Health disparities reflect the unequal health outcomes that underserved population health...
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Kayjah Taylor
Jun 13, 20236 min read
Care and Nutrition for Critically Ill Adults
Having the right care and nutrition is important, especially when you’re sick or injured. However, different severities of illness do...
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Kayjah Taylor
Jun 9, 20234 min read
Implementing food standards
What is meant by food standards? Food industries are being increasingly globalized which subsequently introduce more food risks into the...
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Kayjah Taylor
Jun 6, 20232 min read
Regenerative Medicine: What is it?
Regenerative medicine sounds like a straightforward practice, but many of us may not know exactly what it is or what it entails. If you...
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Kayjah Taylor
Jun 2, 20235 min read
Facts About Mental Health Disorders: Depression, Anxiety, & PTSD
So many mental health disorders exist, and in today’s society, they are definitely being talked about more. Still, many people don’t...
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Lauryn Agron
May 30, 20232 min read
How Does Sleep Deprivation Affect Memory?
Sleep is an important step in the process of regenerating cells and improving daytime function. You hear the importance of things like...
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Lauryn Agron
May 26, 20232 min read
Household Air Pollutants
Due to the unnatural increase of greenhouse gasses and how much our society has become so industrialized over the last couple centuries,...
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Lauryn Agron
May 23, 20235 min read
Trauma and Adolescents
Trauma is often associated with very traumatic life events, such as “war, rape, kidnapping, abuse, or natural disaster” [1]. This is not...
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Lauryn Agron
May 19, 20232 min read
Circumcision Effects
Circumcision, a procedure usually done soon after birth, “is defined as partial or complete surgical removal of the foreskin (prepuce) of...
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Lauryn Agron
May 16, 20233 min read
What are Biomedical Diagnostics?
Biomedical diagnostics refers to studying and using certain techniques, procedures or devices to provide information on diagnosis,...
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Lauryn Agron
May 12, 20236 min read
Side Effects of Different Mental Health Medications
Medication for mental health conditions is a very important part of treatment. Medications help manage symptoms that can sometimes hinder...
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Lauryn Agron
May 9, 20235 min read
Chemotherapy: How it Affects the Body
Cancer is a disease where abnormal cells multiply at an uncontrollable rate in one part of the body. It can start anywhere in the body,...
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Kayjah Taylor
May 5, 20232 min read
ADHD: What it is and How to Treat it
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a very common neurodevelopmental disorder, and many of us have probably heard of it...
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Kayjah Taylor
May 2, 20235 min read
What is Dialysis and What are its Risks and Benefits?
I feel like a lot of us have heard the term “dialysis,” but we don’t know exactly what it entails. For those of you who are like me and...
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Lauryn Agron
Apr 30, 20236 min read
Pregnancy and Healthcare: Do Pregnant Women Need Extra Attention?
There are almost 50 million annual prenatal visits in the U.S., which implies how common and fundamental it is for ensuring healthy...
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Lauryn Agron
Apr 28, 20232 min read
The Difference Between Toxicokinetics and Toxicodynamics
Toxicology is the science that is concerned with examining the detrimental effects which certain elements, or chemicals would have on...
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Kayjah Taylor
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Why ADD is Outdated
Many people say they have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)- let’s not even get started on those who self-diagnose because they saw a few...
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Lauryn Agron
Apr 23, 20235 min read
Immunology, Minority Health, and Climate Change
What is Immunology? Immunology is the study of the immune system, which functions to protect the body from harmful bacteria and viruses....
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Kayjah Taylor
Apr 21, 20235 min read
How Environmental Changes Affect Human Health
For many years now, we’ve been hearing that climate change is an increasing problem, but why is that? What is climate change, how is the...
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Lauryn Agron
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Risks of Smoking Tobacco
Tobacco, a product that can be chewed, sniffed, or smoked, can be addictive. In this post, we will specifically cover the risks of...
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