The New Face of Heroin Users
This year has been quite the eventful one for American drug users – between the legal changes surrounding marijuana and the changes in health care policies regarding pharmaceutical drug availability it...
View ArticleSoda Taxes Meet Calorie Counting
One of the most common ways people manage their health and weight is by calorie counting – a method of counting the calories in the food a person consumes in an effort to stay at or below a designated...
View Article1 in 8 U.S. Children Suffer From Confirmed Neglect or Abuse
It’s sad but unfortunately true…according to a new study recently published in JAMA Pediatrics, 1 in every 8 kids in the United States will face some form of maltreatment serious enough to be confirmed...
View ArticleTanzania’s HIV/AIDS Campaigns Get Motorized
On the crowded dirt roads of Tanzania yellow taxis are not available for the locals to use when they need a quick ride across town. Instead, there are these very unique motorbike taxis, known locally...
View ArticleThe Bionic Pancreas
If you’ve ever had experience with a diabetes patient then you understand the ordeal that comes with having to constantly test blood sugar levels and administer insulin shots. Personally, I’ve seen...
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We Would Rather Shock Ourselves Than Be Alone With Our Thoughts
We’ve all been there – you’re lying in the dark as you try to fall asleep until you come to that scary realization: you are now alone with your thoughts! For many people, being left alone to let the...
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DNA Research: Friends Might Be More Than “The Family We Choose”
Consider for a moment your relationship with your best friend. Have you ever referenced him or her as “your family” because you’re so close? Well, according to a new study, you and your best friend...
View ArticleYour Skin Has a Sense of Smell
It’s known that humans have five major senses: taste, touch, sight, sound and smell. And for every sense there is an organ to match – a tongue for taste, for example. But a recent study has determined...
View ArticleEbola Outbreak Kills Sierra Leone’s Top Doctor
Since its outbreak in February of this year, it’s estimated that the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has brutally taken the lives of 672 West Africans. But as of Tuesday afternoon of...
View ArticleBlood Samples from 2 Million Hoosier Babies Found in Indiana Warehouse
Using simple blood tests every infant in the United States can be tested for dozens of disorders that would usually go overlooked. But wouldn’t you assume that after the labs were done with the blood...
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