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The Ins and Outs of Asthma

Posted on 2/17/23 by Sarah Boudreau
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 most common chronic disease among children. TV shows and movies depict asthmatics as nerdy and ...
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Pathology

2022 Health News Roundup

12/16/22 by Sarah Boudreau
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 ...
Pathology

Debunking 5 Holiday Health Myths

12/2/22 by Sarah Boudreau
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 ...
Pathology

Flu Vaccines Are Nothing to Sneeze At

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, ...
Pathology

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 ...
Pathology

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 ...
Pathology

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 ...
Pathology

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 ...
Pathology

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 ...
Pathology

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. ...
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