Authored by: Suri Wang Art by: Carla Hu "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and most inhuman because it often results in physical death." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1966) While healthcare is seen as a benevolent and nonjudgemental field, health professionals often exhibit implicit biases (unconscious biases based on perceptions and stereotypes) against patients that are part of marginalized groups based on race, economic status, and ge

Authored by: Sumedha Shastry Art by: Joshua Choi Giving birth takes an immense toll on a woman’s life. Not only does it require a significant amount of time to properly prepare for the baby, but it also takes a toll on her body. With all the check-up appointments, pre-birth classes, post-birth lactation consultations, and other such appointments, the mother-to-be must essentially put her life on hold for nine months in preparation for the day that the baby comes. After the st

Authored by: Srijita Kommaraju Art by: Kaitlyn Truong Diet culture is advertised as the solution to many chronic health problems, including obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, but a lot of research suggests it can actually increase the rates of chronic disease instead of preventing it. But how can dieting, a phenomenon so glorified in society, actually be harmful to human health? By pushing repeated dieting, glorifying thinness, and normalizing judgment of larger bodies, d