Public Health Food Trucks: Safe? Food trucks have become a recent trend in many towns--New York, Portland, and Los Angeles,…Karishma PatelDecember 2, 2015
FeaturedWellness A Comprehensive Comparison of Contraception When it comes to contraception, the options are practically limitless: gender-specific methods, invasive or non-invasive, medicinal…Zareen ThakorDecember 2, 2015
Wellness When Doctors Grieve In healthcare, doctors build strong connections and relationships with their patients. In their everyday lives, they…Diana RaileanuDecember 2, 2015
Public Health Do Surgical Masks Help Protect You Against the Flu Virus? In East Asian countries such as Japan, China, and Korea, people have long worn surgical…Anderson NguyenDecember 1, 2015
FeaturedResearch cfDNA Sequencing Helps Keep an Eye on Cancer Imagine if cancer could be monitored by simple blood tests. Rather than through invasive bone…Alex KimDecember 1, 2015
Healthcare Life as a First Year Medical Student: A Premed Perspective "High school is like a lawn sprinkler. College is like a garden hose. And medical…Rupleen KaurDecember 1, 2015
Research Cannabis is a Potential Treatment for Bone Fractures Cannabis has a long history of medical use, dating back from 2372 B.C. in China. The…Karina KakNovember 30, 2015
FeaturedWellness Moldy Bread, Is It Worth the Risk to Eat It? From cash-strapped college students to struggling workers, we've all been in a similar situation. You've been busy taking…Quang CaoNovember 30, 2015
Healthcare Why The Pre-Med Journey Isn’t All That Bad When people talk about being pre-med, the countless hours of work and continuous drain of…Itzel RomeroNovember 30, 2015
Healthcare ENT Weekly: Hearing Clearly for the First Time Previously on ENT Weekly, we looked at congenital hearing loss and the ways that it…Justin ChinNovember 30, 2015
FeaturedResearch Music’s Role in Mental Health How much music do you listen to? The average American listens to about four hours…Raymond HoNovember 29, 2015
Wellness Gasping for Breath: Whooping Cough What exactly is whooping cough? Two French scientists first discovered whooping cough in 1906. It's a highly…Willy CheungNovember 29, 2015
Public Health What is the Promise Zone Initiative? In 2014, the Obama administration announced the first five zones of the Promise Zone Initiative:…Nicole BarcegaNovember 29, 2015
Healthcare On Informed Consent: Through the Past and the Present It was the early 1900s. Mrs. Davis, a 40 year old woman, suffered from epilepsy, a neurological…Rupleen KaurNovember 29, 2015
FeaturedWellness Preventing Tragedy: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome On June 29, 2006, former Los Angeles Lakers player Lamar Odom's son passed away. At…Zareen ThakorNovember 28, 2015
Public Health Ebola and Malaria Vaccines: Money versus Time There's been some good news on the vaccine front recently with the very promising Ebola…Kailyn KimNovember 28, 2015
Healthcare Out-of-the-Box Careers in Healthcare: Art Therapist Have a passion for art and a desire to heal? A career as an art…Claire WatryNovember 28, 2015
Public Health No Thanks, Michelle Obama Childhood obesity, which has presented itself as one of the fastest-growing and most devastating health…Tonya LeeNovember 27, 2015
Wellness The Myths of Athlete’s Foot Debunked If you're someone who has never gotten athlete's foot before, you may believe that only…Willy CheungNovember 27, 2015
Research Skin Adipocytes Defend the Body from Infection A recent discovery by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine…Karina KakNovember 26, 2015