Modern day medicine has created vaccines for many common illnesses. A couple of vaccine shots is…
Alex RennJune 22, 2016
Premed Perspective From Switzerland: Part V On March 17, 2015 my internship at the International AIDS…
Lochan ShahFebruary 19, 2016
Humans, whether they are rich or poor, male or female, religious or non-religious, are born…
Sabina LiFebruary 18, 2016
As concern grows over long-term concussion damage among professional athletes, parents worry about the risks…
Alexandra RuanJanuary 7, 2016
Rates of obesity have increased exponentially over the past few decades. As over one-third of the US…
Alexandra RuanJanuary 5, 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
As discussed in "Stop Sipping Soda! Berkeley's New Soda Tax", in a past election, Berkeley…
Maya AslamDecember 3, 2015
In 2014, the Obama administration announced the first five zones of the Promise Zone Initiative:…
Nicole BarcegaNovember 29, 2015
Seven died in a recent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City. The sudden…
Tonya LeeNovember 26, 2015
Obesity among children has increased dramatically in the past 10 years. Despite increasing awareness about…
Alexandra RuanNovember 25, 2015
Chemotherapy is one of several methods of treating cancer. It's the use of powerful drugs…
Kailyn KimNovember 25, 2015
The Premed Perspective From Switzerland: Part IV In February, our public health class visited the Global…
Lochan ShahNovember 24, 2015
The CDC estimates that 1.2 million people in the United States live with HIV. The…
Kailyn KimNovember 7, 2015
Getting sick is inevitable and visiting the doctor is a common thing to do when…
Sabina LiNovember 5, 2015
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/the-lifeport-kidney-transporter-an-automated-device-to-assess-and-picture-id2374557A kidney swap, which can involve "ferrying kidneys between two hospitals", might sound like something…
Kailyn KimNovember 3, 2015
