Jessica Meng The decision to become vegan or vegetarian is easier said than done. Agreeing to make the switch from eating to abstaining from meat or dairy requires many sacrifices. Being vegan or vegetarian limits the variety of foods available...
Thomas Jakway Background Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most common disabilities among veterans, exceeding even PTSD, and costs the Department of Veterans Affairs over $1 billion per year (Wells et al. 2015, 34; Tufts, Weathersby, and Rodriguez...
Kush Fansiwala As Dr. Saul Krugman strolled through the grounds of the Willowbrook State School of Staten Island in the early 1950s, an excitement overtook him. The directors of the school had just asked Krugman, an expert in Infectious Disease...
William Pang The success of dental procedures depends heavily on pain management. Local anesthetics have evolved from herbal remedies used by the Babylonians in 2250 B.C. to complex nerve blockade injections with synthetic compounds such as Lidocaine (Prichard). Modern anesthesia...
Zachary Friedrich The development of nearly all modern medical specialties has followed the same pattern of gradual advancement with the occasional breakthrough discovery. However, psychiatry’s history has been one of “false starts, extended periods of stagnation, and two steps forward...
Andrea Cumpelik In the past decade, use of prescription opioids has skyrocketed, and overdose rates have quadrupled. In the early 2000s, deaths attributed to nonmedical prescription opioids (NMPOs) surpassed those of heroin and cocaine combined (Paulozzi et al. 2006). The...