Category: Natural Sciences: Popular Health Articles (Sec 091)

Mental health problems, whether clinically diagnosed or not, appear to be on the rise in the United States. Whether this trend is due to a declining societal stigma against mental health, or a result of more mentally taxing careers and … Read more

By: Richard M. Max Mara Recently, universal healthcare is a common term heard in politics and on the news. What exactly is it? Universal healthcare is rooted in the belief that healthcare is a human right. A right that should … Read more

Mental health is often marginalized and misrepresented in society. But in the United States, there is a mental health crisis. Around 46.6 million adults in America experience a mental health disorder each year, and around 4.5% of U.S. adults experience … Read more

With the popularity of vaping hitting an all-time high within the recent years, it would be a surprise if an adolescent did not know someone who used e-cigarettes or did not use one themselves. According to the findings from the … Read more

By Caroline Cochrane Cancer is a disease that affects almost everyone, directly or indirectly. In 2020 alone, the US is expected to have 1.8 million new cancer diagnoses and 606,520 cancer deaths (Cancer Facts & Figures 2020 | American Cancer … Read more

The United States consistently ranks as one of the least effective healthcare systems in the developed world. When almost every other developed nation has some form of a national healthcare system, one will logically question the reasons why the United … Read more

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Anyone can get epilepsy. A serious neurological disorder, epilepsy can manifest in dangerous seizures and sometimes death. Though it is more common amongst younger children or the elderly, the disorder can delevop in people of all ages and backgrounds. Surgeries … Read more

Christopher Hewgley   During the 1960’s, cigarette smoking was at its peak. Roughly 47% of adults in the U.S. were smokers and everywhere you looked you were fed the lie that cigarettes were beneficial in numerous ways especially with the … Read more

Imagine parents obtaining illegal drugs to save their children. This idea sounds preposterous, but this scenario was a reality for many families with kids suffering from severe epilepsy in Australia (Suraev et al. 2018). These testimonies led to researchers branching … Read more