Many who exercise outdoors prefer to do so for the fresh air, but in areas…
Nicole BarcegaJanuary 29, 2016
Rates of obesity have increased exponentially over the past few decades. As over one-third of the US…
Alexandra RuanJanuary 5, 2016
Challenging the long-standing early start times for school age children, the Centers for Disease Control…
Anderson NguyenJanuary 1, 2016
Screening programs can be highly effective tools in reducing the burden of certain illnesses within…
Alexandra RuanDecember 29, 2015
While the primary role of physicians is to treat disease, the causes of disease can…
Alexandra RuanDecember 21, 2015
Most of us take clean water for granted—we can talk about how we don't like drinking…
Kailyn KimDecember 15, 2015
The often cited line from Mean Girls is "don't have sex, or you'll get pregnant.…
Kailyn KimDecember 14, 2015
Modern innovations have successfully treated traditionally devastating diseases. Yet it is sometimes challenging to confront…
Christy KimDecember 12, 2015
The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria continues to be a growing concern because resistance to antibiotics…
Nicole BarcegaDecember 6, 2015
Consuming contaminated water is a common problem that disproportionately affects developing countries. Worldwide, 750 million…
Anderson NguyenDecember 5, 2015
Obesity is a problem that affects more than 78.6 million Americans and increases the risk…
Anderson NguyenDecember 4, 2015
As discussed in "Stop Sipping Soda! Berkeley's New Soda Tax", in a past election, Berkeley…
Maya AslamDecember 3, 2015
Food trucks have become a recent trend in many towns--New York, Portland, and Los Angeles,…
Karishma PatelDecember 2, 2015
In East Asian countries such as Japan, China, and Korea, people have long worn surgical…
Anderson NguyenDecember 1, 2015
In 2014, the Obama administration announced the first five zones of the Promise Zone Initiative:…
Nicole BarcegaNovember 29, 2015
There's been some good news on the vaccine front recently with the very promising Ebola…
Kailyn KimNovember 28, 2015
Childhood obesity, which has presented itself as one of the fastest-growing and most devastating health…
Tonya LeeNovember 27, 2015
Seven died in a recent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City. The sudden…
Tonya LeeNovember 26, 2015
