Drug Prevalence And Its Effects On High Schoolers
30-Sep-2024 I’ve been looking more into analysis on the linkage between drugs and adolescents, and I came across an article which talked about a particular study on this linkage. The cross-sectional study, taking place in Jordan, looked at factors causing teen drug addiction as well as how it affects their behavior. A questionnaire used in […]
Substance Abuse Among Teens
26-Aug-24 Not long ago, I came across some articles that talk about the prevalence of substance abuse among teens and how it’s gradually been increasing with time. One particular page I came across was an article by the American Psychological Association. Teens have always been taught to “just say no” to substances like drugs, but […]
Wastewater Epidemiology
9-August-2024 The Vital Data You Flush Down The Toilet: Newsha Ghaeli talks about an abundance of information on our well-being that runs through city sewers, and we contribute to that information each time nature calls. “Everybody pees and poops — and we know that urine and stool contain a rich source of information on our […]
How To Do More With Less In Healthcare
29-July-2024 Jan Denecker claims that we’ve made great progress in the medical world with innovations; however, we’ve also made it complex and expensive. The combined spending of the USA and the EU amounts to over $4 trillion annually. The USA has doubled its spending on healthcare in the last 20 years, but that spending didn’t […]
How To Stop The Next Pandemic
18-July-2024 Our reactive approach to public health is inherently flawed, says Neil Vora. We prepare for outbreaks so we can respond quickly, but it’s never that easy. People are unaware of viruses spreading if they aren’t sick. People may not choose to get certain vaccines. Before long, we’re confined in our houses because there’s been […]
Going Deeper Than What Meets the Eye
29-May-2024 A while ago, I joined a group of Mental Health Youth Ambassadors, and I’ve really been liking my time there. The program I’m part of is where different groups of people make presentations on various mental health aspects. My group’s presentation is about beauty standards and how social media provokes in people. To kick […]
I Am a Medical Feminist
12-April-2024 This TED-Talk I watched today is by Sarah Hillman. She elaborated on how she previously wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea of being a feminist. One of the reasons for this was that sometimes the word could have a negative connotation. She feared that identifying as a feminist would harm her image, seeing as she […]
Public Health Heals Urban Areas
17-March-2024 I watched another TED-talk by Leana Wen, about how public health could solve urban problems today. One such problem is a food desert, where food options are limited with limited access to groceries and basic goods. 1 of 3 African Americans in Baltimore live in food deserts, losing access to food when the local […]
Women Aren’t Weak. Women Are Warriors
12-Feb-2024 These TED-Talks are getting more and more interesting. I watched another one today about mental health in women. Society expects a lot from women. People want us to be pretty, but not too pretty or they won’t take us seriously. They expect us to be the caregivers of our family without enabling us to […]
Detection of Diseases In Women
3-Feb-2024 I watched another TED-Talk by Noel Bairey Merz about comparing disease in men and women. She addresses that as we have seen women conquering breast cancer, this is what we need to do with the heart. In the 50’s and 60’s, many people believed the theory that heart conditions were primarily a man’s problem, […]