Imagine you finish a hard test and decide to take a break, only to discover you have three essays, two assignments, and a test coming up. Instead of giving your mind a breather, you head to the library for yet another study session. This is why many college students, as well as adults, fail to […]
On July 23, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a global health emergency. Over the past two years, the world has intently watched the emergence of a new disease and its variants. Every news channel came with a new update on the respiratory disease and the victims it carried. Even popular shows and
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By May 2022, over 1 million people had died due to COVID-19 in the United States. The COVID-19 illness, which refers to the set of symptoms people experience, is caused by the acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. The pandemic has not only affected the United States but the entire world as well. This respiratory
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If, like 75 percent of the population, you were blessed with less than perfect vision, you are likely well aware of the inconvenience presented by glasses or contact lenses. For this reason, many choose to undergo Lasik eye surgery, the best known and most popular procedure to correct one’s vision. For eyes with normal vision,
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Studies about bipolar disorder have consistently found that patients tend to display either predominantly manic or predominantly depressive characteristics. This means their respective treatment options must be appropriately modified to fit the individual. In response, Dina Popovic from the University of Barcelona and researchers from other European universities developed a pharmacological scale for measuring medications
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June 5, 1981, the United States CDC published a report describing five cases of pneumonia in young gay men. The same day, the CDC received a call warning about a cluster of unusually aggressive cancers in New York. After the Associated Press picked up the story of these strange cases, the CDC received dozens of
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Among the many increasingly complex medical developments made since the start of the twentieth century, one discovery stands out among all the rest: antibiotics. Today, antibiotics may not seem to be such a wonder, yet their discovery — beginning with the isolation of penicillin in 1928 — has been revolutionary to medicine and global health.
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It sounds like another spa treatment, takes about 45 minutes, is described to feel like a pedicure, and you can go home right after. But this isn’t just a regular spa appointment – this is cryolipolysis, or the killing of fat cells using extremely cold temperatures. The cryolipolysis procedure, commonly known by the brand name
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With a student vaccination rate of 99.6 percent, according to Northeastern’s Life Sciences Testing Center and the Broad Institute, it’s easy to forget that we are living through a public health crisis. For many students, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has become somewhat of an afterthought; aside from weekly visits to Cabot and masking in public
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