Pathology

    The Ins and Outs of Asthma

    Asthma is a big deal: it’s a long-term condition that affects about 262 million people worldwide. It affects both children and adults, and it’s the ...

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    2022 Health News Roundup

    As 2022 comes to a close, let’s talk about five health news stories that broke this year! The mpox outbreak You might recognize mpox from its old ...

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    Debunking 5 Holiday Health Myths

    This holiday season, we’re giving you the opportunity to correct your well-meaning loved ones! In this blog post, we’ll tackle five health myths that ...

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    Flu Vaccines Are Nothing to Sneeze At

    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, ...

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    The Dirt on Diabetes: The Basics of a Chronic Disease

    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

    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

    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?

    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

    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?

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