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Flu Vaccines Are Nothing to Sneeze At

Posted on 11/25/22 by Sarah Boudreau

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: time to get your flu vaccine! Let’s explore the Spanish flu epidemic, the development of the flu vaccine, and what the flu vaccine is like today. The Spanish flu pandemic The Spanish flu, one of the ...

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The Dirt on Diabetes: The Basics of a Chronic Disease

11/11/22 by Sarah Boudreau

Diabetes is a disease that’s becoming more and more common. It’s been estimated that by 2045, there will be 700 million people aged 20-75 with known ...

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How the “Crown Jewel of Epidemiology” Changed How We Look at Heart Disease

9/23/22 by Sarah Boudreau

Did you know that Framingham, Massachusetts is home to both Visible Body HQ and one of the most important longitudinal medical studies in human ...

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All About Itching

9/9/22 by Sarah Boudreau

Are you itching to learn about itching? Everybody itches, but it turns out that the cause of pruritus (the formal term for itching) is more ...

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How Does Caffeine Affect the Body?

9/2/22 by Sarah Boudreau

Did you know that caffeine is the most popular drug in the world? About 90% of North American adults consume caffeine daily, and the demand for ...

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A Heated Discussion: Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke, and Other Heat-Related Illnesses

6/27/22 by Laura Snider

Summer is coming. Not quite as ominous-sounding as “winter is coming,” perhaps, but summer carries a series of health emergency risks that are ...

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How Does Anesthesia Work?

4/29/22 by Sarah Boudreau

It’s difficult to imagine undergoing surgery without anesthesia, and it would have been impossible to develop modern surgical techniques without it. ...