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A Breath of Fresh Carcinogens: Secondhand E-Cigarette Use

A cloud of scattered mist circles about as the scent of tropical fruit lingers in the air. While this ambiance might be expected in the...

Broken Minds: Combatting America’s Pediatric Brain Injury Crisis

High school and college athletes in the United States are in the grip of a silent pandemic. According to the University of Pittsburgh...

The Caregiver-Provider Relationship

Family and other informal caregivers play a significant role in ensuring the health and well-being of loved ones requiring assistance in...

Who Lives and Dies: Breast Cancer’s Social Determinants

Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst women— making up 30% of cancer that women are diagnosed with [1, 2]. It is very likely...

CVS’s Strategy to Navigate the Post-Pandemic World

When we think of CVS, we usually visualize a typical street-corner pharmacy, equipped with every product from makeup to greeting cards to...

The Rise of Illicit Fentanyl: A Silent Killer

Amid the rising opioid epidemic in the United States, there looms a silent killer ravaging the lives and families of individuals...

The Case for Scheduled Dialysis Care for Undocumented Immigrants with End-Stage Renal Disease in US

Undocumented immigrants in the United States basically have to wait until they are on the brink of death to receive care for renal...

Community Health Needs Assessment in Bienvenido, Dominican Republic: Analyzing the Social Determinan

Introduction and Aims Have you wondered why people living in impoverished communities are sicker? It’s not as simple as not being able to...