My interview at Arbour HRI Hospital was unlike any I’d experienced before. Among the typical questions about my resume or past healthcare experience were questions about how I felt about restraining people physically, or what I’d do if I walked into a patient’s room and found them engaging in self harm. Perhaps those sort of […]
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Meet the naked mole rat. It’s no typical rodent — it lives underground in Africa, maintains a sophisticated social structure, gets all its food and water from underground tubers, has no fur, and is almost blind. But most impressively, it seems to escape common rules of mortality. Larger animals live longer as a rule, but
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A common saying is that humans are made up of 60 percent water, but it is less commonly known that for every cell in your body there are up to 10 bacteria present as well. While they are generally thought to be harmful, mutualistic bacteria are essential for proper intestinal function. The group of microorganisms
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Next time you feel lonely during this time of social isolation, just remember you always have 100 trillion friends. Why? Because you aren’t really alone. As you read this, there are 100 trillion microorganisms who call your digestive system home and are dedicated to keeping you healthy. Contrary to popular belief, not all strains of
Dendrimers, or chemistry’s snowflake, are complex polymers that have the potential for many drug delivery applications. Starting with a singular atom at its core, dendrimers are formed through the connection of layer upon layer of additional functional groups until a spherical macromolecule is created. Polymers are materials that are made of many repeating units, also
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Abby and Brittany Hensel are conjoined twins, a medical phenomena in which two babies are born anatomically connected to one another. The sisters shot to fame in 2012 when they became stars of their own reality show, titled “Abby and Brittany,” which detailed their interconnected journeys as they graduated college and attempted to establish their
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Amid the late-night bustle of an Irish bar in Boston, Northeastern professor Dr. Samuel Scarpino focuses on the glow of a laptop screen with a visiting colleague from Oxford. It is mid-February of 2020, and the two are writing the first manuscript for a paper about a disease outbreak in Wuhan, China. They publish the
For hundreds of years, music has provided humans with a means to enjoy themselves and reduce their stress. Whether it is the serenading melodies of jazz or the flashy beats of hip-hop, music has provided people with a type of natural mood enhancer. Recently, medical research has suggested that music can significantly help people with
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For just a moment, think back to January 2020. People were just hearing stirrings of the novel coronavirus outbreak escalating in Wuhan, China. Cases were on the rise in numerous countries. Some people panicked instantly. Others were seemingly in denial. Months later, as cases reached an all-time high, many could no longer afford to ignore
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