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Blog / Xenoestrogens: Foreign Hormones on Familiar Ground

October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 / Siena Mantooth / 1

What’s so hazardous about BPA, and why choose organic? Xenoestrogens may be the answer, and avoiding them is becoming a necessity.

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Blog / Architectural antidotes: the science of how the built hospital environment influences human health

April 5, 2022 / Bree Iskandar /

Drugs aren’t the only thing that help us recover when we’re hospitalized – as it turns out, the architectural designs of hospitals can significantly influence patient outcomes as well.

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Blog / Biosensors – wearing your heart on your sleeve

February 22, 2022February 23, 2022 / Lacey Lopez /

Wearable biosensors are a globally expanding area of digital health. These important devices detect and relay bodily information, offering continuous and real-time health monitoring. Learn about the field of wearable biosensors and how they have the potential to revolutionize healthcare and personalized medicine.

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Blog / Decrease Your Mortality Risk in Just 10,000 Easy Steps!

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 / Gabrielle Dardis /

Walking is fine. It isn’t boxing, rock climbing, powerlifting, or any other exciting exercise…it’s just a little vanilla. Walking can’t even be that good for us…can it?

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Blog / Chlorophyll: removed from your drinking water, added to your smoothie.

October 12, 2021 / Haley Plaas / 1

Chlorophyll is routinely monitored in recreational water resources and actively removed from drinking water at treatment plants. So why is it trending as a new health shot?

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Blog / The Fasted and Curious: Purported Benefits and Risks of Intermittent and Prolonged Fasting

August 5, 2021 / Bree Iskandar / 1

Intermittent fasting is gaining popularity as a diet and wellness trend. Are there any real benefits to it?

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Blog / Meating the Demand: The Rise of Alternative Meat

March 31, 2021 / Autumn G. Hullings /

Alternative meats are here to stay! Can they satisfy our demand for more meat, save the planet, and our health?  Meating the Demand: For More “Meat” Alternative meat options once…

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Blog / Birth Control In Your Ears?

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 / Eliza Thulson /

Pharmaceutical jewelry is a relatively new concept that takes advantage of the transdermal drug delivery technology developed in 1979. Researchers today are exploring options for delivering birth control through small patches adhered to earring backs, necklaces, and watches.

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Blog / Autoimmunity and the Placenta -The Pregnancy Compensation Hypothesis

February 27, 2020February 28, 2020 / Laetitia Meyrueix /

The sex differences in autoimmune diseases have yet to be clearly understood. A new hypothesis called the pregnancy compensation hypothesis attempts to pull in many factors to better explain why we see these differences between males and females.

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Blog / Why Food Access Matters for Health and Well-Being

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 / Anneliese Long /

How does the experience of food insecurity relate to health? Learn why food access is considered an up and coming social determinant of health.

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Blog / Sleep Your Way to Better Health

July 22, 2019July 29, 2019 / Julia DiFiore /

Sleep is not only important for cognitive function but overall health as well.

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Blog / A glass of wine a day…does not keep the doctor away

July 15, 2019July 22, 2019 / Kaylee Helfrich /

A review of 592 studies finds that a single standard drink of alcohol per day increases the risk for health problems.

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Blog / To Drink or Not to Drink?

February 3, 2017February 2, 2017 / Laetitia Meyrueix /

Every day the media bombards consumers with different recommendations regarding the amount of food to consume, important micronutrients to keep in mind, and general advice about what you should be…

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Blog / Exercise and Immune Response: An Overview

November 3, 2016November 3, 2016 / Nic Shea /

The relationship between exercise intensity (or volume) and susceptibility to upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) is a rotated J-shaped curve.  This means that some regular moderate physical activity decreases the…

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