Redeeming Typhoid Mary
Typhoid Mary – the woman still infamous in our culture for wantonly spreading typhoid fever in the early 1900’s. Newspapers of the time painted her as a villain. However, Mary […]
Category Archives: Medicine
The Biology of Mental Illness
There is a mental health crisis in the STEM graduate community. In this series, “Mental Wellness,” we will highlight not only the mental state of graduate students all over the […]
The Science of Emotions
We’ve all experienced it – the feeling of having your heart broken by someone you love or experiencing pure rage at someone cutting you off in rush hour traffic. But […]
The Physiological Aftermath of a Heartbreak
Decades back, Willa Cather summed up what we all have felt at some point in time – “romantic relationships are tragic necessities of human life” – ones that lay bare […]
Antibiotic Resistance.. Let’s Talk About It
You wake up one morning with a sore throat and a runny nose. Let’s say this goes on for a couple of days; you go to a doctor and discover […]
When a “sweet” bite has an unsavory end…
How do you like your steak? Preferably not deadly? Well, maybe you should keep an eye out for ticks…yep, ticks. Ticks are quite the pesky problem, especially during the summer […]
Is our Privilege Killing us?
Let’s check my health privilege: I have no allergies, I’m in possession of my tonsils, appendix, and wisdom teeth, and I have never been hospitalized or so much as broken […]
Fatal Attraction: The Truth Behind Mosquito Bite Preference
For as long as I can remember, they have come for me. They follow me everywhere, stealing a tiny drop of my life force and replacing it with poison before […]
Take two of what and call you in the morning?
While everyone may not know exactly what antibiotics are or how they work, most people have taken them at some point in their lives. Familiarity with antibiotics stems from the […]
The Science of “The Pill”
The story of oral contraception begins in the early twentieth century when Austrian physiologist, Ludwig Haberlandt, found that female rabbits and guinea pigs became temporarily sterile after the transplantation of […]
