Jisoo HaAug 28, 20214 minThe Scary Reality Behind Renting a WombPregnancy is a beautiful process that leads to new life; however, not all pregnancies are so delightful. Surrogacy, now a multibillion...
Jerome DovanAug 28, 20215 minCancer and Stigma: Behind the Perils of MisconceptionIn a branch of medicine where the difference between life and death can be marginal, Dr. Vu, a hematologist oncologist, is often the...
Julianne FrancaAug 28, 20214 minRace-Based Medicine: Scientifically Unfounded Clinical Practices and Their Impact While medicine is often regarded as an objective field focused on using evidence-based approaches to improve patient outcomes, race-based...
Riya PatelAug 28, 20214 minHealthcare in the Child Welfare SystemIn society, there are a few aspects of life that most agree are fundamental to individual well-being, one of those being health. It is...
David RusakowAug 28, 20214 minCan Your School Impact Your Health?As a Cornell student, it can be easy to lose oneself in the intellectual ivory tower. It is sometimes hard to fathom that not everyone in...
Francesca DiGiorgioAug 28, 20215 minWater Scarcity on Navajo Nation Worsens COVID-19 DisparitiesWidespread water scarcity is exacerbating the impact of COVID19 on members of the Navajo Nation. As of 2021, one in five of the...
Navya ChamirajuAug 28, 20215 minThe Systemic Barriers Minority Populations Face in HealthcareWhile most people believe that the healthcare system provides quality care for all patients, this is not necessarily the case. Minority...
Isabelle HoltAug 28, 20214 minThe Leaky Pipeline: GenderDisparities in Healthcare InnovationWhy is it that healthcare, one of the largest industries in the country, tends to leave women behind in its efforts to move forward? The...
Ilana SchachterAug 28, 20213 minThe Role of Rice and Beans: Nutrition as Medical TreatmentThe smell of spicy, warm comforting red beans and bright, fluffy white rice wafts through the air. You take a bite and immediately smile...
Philip LeeAug 28, 20214 minHealth Wearables: Innovation and What it Means for YouWearable devices, or wearables, are already revolutionizing medicine through mobile and digital health by enabling continuous,...
Abraham KheirbekAug 28, 20215 minWeighing the Implications of ‘Breast is Best’Despite our intricate civilizations and complex societies, humans are mammals at their core, products of the same evolutionary lineage as...
Rushil ShahAug 28, 20214 minTranslational Medicine in the Artificial Intelligence EraEndless hours of laborious work, billions of dollars spent testing hundreds of drugs, and extremely high rates of error riddle the...
Shilvaan PatelAug 28, 20213 minVirtual Clinical TrialsThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to reimagine social interactions from a personal level to a global one. While the pandemic has...
Vivian ChiangAug 28, 20215 min(Insta)nt (Gram)tification: Social Media Addiction and its Effects on DopamineIn the midst of a pandemic, social networking sites (SNS) have been pivotal in maintaining our social lives, but offer convenient...
Amer AhmedAug 28, 20213 minFocused Ultrasound Provides MinimallyInvasive Treatment for Parkinson’s PatientsNew advances for reducing tremors are improving the quality of life for people with Essential Tremor (ET) and Parkinson’s disease (PD)....
Joy PojimAug 19, 20213 minGrey’s Anatomy Enthusiast, M.D.Medical dramas are among the most watched shows on television. They feature hospitals or other medical environments as the main setting...
Anika KumarAug 18, 20214 minRetraining the BrainIs it possible to retrain your brain to become an entirely new person? What if all of a sudden, after months of feeling lethargic and...
Ronit KumarAug 17, 20214 minThe Future of BiotechnologyWhat if we had the ability to cure cancer, treat blindness, develop “super” plants, or remove diseases from infectious organisms?...
Kiran GangaAug 17, 20214 minDiagnosing Alzheimer’s: A Simple Blood TestFor decades, we have been trying to find out how to diagnose, let alone cure, Alzheimer’s. From expensive tests to long waiting times,...
Athira LaluAug 17, 20214 minThe Syrian Healthcare Crisis: ‘Brain Drain’ and Attack on Healthcare WorkersDr. Media Rasheed, a fourth-year resident specializing in hematology, was convinced by many family members that she was in imminent...