In 2015, Zika virus resulted in a global public health emergency. The epidemic caused severe brain defects in thousands of Brazilian newborns after the virus was transmitted to pregnant mothers […]
The “salt wars” have been raging for decades, with medical science still embroiled over whether there is a direct link between sodium consumption and heart disease. Last year, a group […]
On February 4th, we celebrated World Cancer Day to remember those affected by cancer, standing by them in their fight against it. Known as the big “C,” cancer is a […]
On my walk home from work, I almost always encounter what I affectionately call “trash creatures”: squirrels that pop out of dumpsters carrying slices of pizza or crows pulling apart […]
Medicine has been important to humans since our earliest days, but for the majority of our history, we’ve had very little idea of how medicine works. We used to attribute […]
Recently, I was in the lab doing some routine work with cells. In order to start growing my own stock of cells I took a small vial out of a […]
Disease alters lives in permanent and often heartbreaking ways. Most people have a story about how they have been affected by disease, either firsthand, through a family member, or looking […]
Better posture. Better sex. Better poop? If these happen to be part of your New Year’s resolutions (and if they aren’t, they should be), did you realize that working on […]
Algae happen to be one of the most important organisms on our planet, producing about 70-80% of the oxygen we breathe. They are mostly aquatic photosynthetic organisms which grow in […]
Ladies, how many times have you rolled your eyes while your male friend languishes on the couch, suffering from a serious case of the “man flu” while the rest of […]
