Science Behind Bars: A Bioethics Case Study
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 […]
Category Archives: Medicine
Emerging Diseases and Wildlife: How Small Changes Can Have Big Consequences
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 […]
The Tiny Wiggly Molecular World of Medicine
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 […]
The Cold Truth About Cryopreservation
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 […]
Cystic Fibrosis and Your Genes
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 […]
Building Strength from the “Floor” Up
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 […]
Algal Nutraceuticals: When Seaweed takes the lead!
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 […]
Battle of the sexes… for evidence-based healthcare
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 […]
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest (or youngest) of them all?
Have you ever been scared of grey hair, skin wrinkles, baldness, or even worse, dementia? Voltaire once remarked, “What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is […]
One Health: Leveraging the connection between humans, animals, and the environment
Don't forget!! One Health Day is coming!! https://t.co/dUmFU7SPOt pic.twitter.com/FWLmKg1taO — OneHealth Commission (@OneHealthCom) October 12, 2018 What is One Health? One Health is an approach that acknowledges the interactions between […]
