Yasmine Myftija

Biology // Class of 2021

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Curious Case of Fatal Familial Insomnia

Biology / /

Can you imagine never sleeping again? We often underestimate the importance of sleep; by some estimates, college students in America get an average of 6 hours of sleep per night, as opposed to the suggested 8-10 hours. Getting enough sleep is extremely important — it gives the brain time to consolidate memories and new information, […]

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In cold blood: All about therapeutic hypothermia

Biology, Health / /

Therapeutic hypothermia, as the name suggests, is a method of purposefully lowering a patient’s body temperature to approximately 93 degrees Fahrenheit in an effort to increase survival rate and decrease the likelihood of further damage to the brain.  Take for example, a patient who’s suffered cardiac arrest and, after an intense round of CPR, has

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