Cardiomyopathy: A Brief Overview
By: Jillian Lach What is Cardiomyopathy? More than 30 million people in the United States have a heart disease, one of these being...
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Feb 21, 20213 min read
12 Tips to Stay Healthy as a Teenager
By: Fizza Zehra 1. Exercise regularly. Teenagers should be physically active at least 60 minutes every day. If you have never exercised...
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Feb 21, 20213 min read
The Dangers of Congenital Heart Disease
By: Chanh Phan According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately, 30 million...
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Feb 21, 20212 min read
Here's Why You Shouldn't Sleep Late.
By: Briana Nelson Often, especially as adolescents, we find ourselves wanting to stay up into the wee hours of the morning, whether it be...
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Jan 24, 20213 min read
Our Coloring Book Service Project
About Us Giving a Ray of Hope is a non-profit organization led by students located in the Austin community. Our goal is to spread...
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Oct 18, 20202 min read
The Fascinating World of Robotic Surgery
By: Ankhi Banerjee Robotic surgery is a common term that you might hear pretty often. However, the technology behind this term has been...
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Oct 18, 20202 min read
The Pain of PTSD
By: Nitya Ramireddy PTSD, short for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is a mental health disorder in which a person, after witnessing or...
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Oct 18, 20203 min read
Anorexia Nervosa: An Overview
By: Jillian Lach What is Anorexia Nervosa? About 30 million people in the United States suffer from some type of eating disorder, and...
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Sep 13, 20203 min read
The Path of a Pediatrician
By: Briana Nelson When Chetna Vasishth asked Dr. Indu Khosla why she wanted to become a doctor, Khosla responded with a very honest...
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Sep 13, 20203 min read
All About Scarlet Fever
By: Jillian Lach What is Scarlet Fever? Scarlet Fever is a disease that produces a bacterial toxin that causes a red rash on the body and...
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Sep 13, 20202 min read
Innovative Technology for COVID-19 Patients
By: Joy Tando There has been a shocking twenty-two million people worldwide affected by COVID-19. The virus targets patients in the lungs...
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Sep 13, 20202 min read
Who are Pediatric Neurologists?
By: Krishna Grandhe In the current world of medicine, there are lots of different careers, from doctors to nurses to hospital...
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Sep 8, 20202 min read
Hand-held Ultrasound
by: Ashmita Kalyanaraman A medical ultrasound is a diagnostic imaging technique that is used to create an image of body structures such...
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Sep 8, 20204 min read
The Facts of Bronchiolitis
By: Jillian Lach The Main Facts Although bronchiolitis does not have a high mortality rate, it has a very high morbidity rate due to RSV...
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Sep 8, 20202 min read
Legionnaires’ Disease: The Description
By: Krishna Grandhe Water is a vital resource for survival. We need it to sustain our bodies, clean ourselves, and even have fun....
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Sep 8, 20201 min read
Malaria
By Nitya Ramireddy An estimated 228 million cases of malaria occurred globally in just 2018. 405,000 people died, with the majority of...
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Aug 28, 20203 min read
New research shows that ultrasound treatments can potentially kill cancer cells
By: Jillian Lach Can ultrasound treatments really destroy cancer cells? There is no cure for cancer, meaning that about 600,000 people...
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Aug 10, 20202 min read
Pinkeye Research
By: Jocelyn Lee Conjunctivitis, more commonly known as pinkeye, is very common among children. It is an inflammation of the conjunctiva,...
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Aug 10, 20203 min read
Tetanus Infection
Have you ever wondered why doctors make you get a tetanus shot once every 10 years? Why do they especially make you get the vaccine after...
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Aug 10, 20204 min read
Chicken Pox - A Brief Overview
By Trinity Schroeder It wasn’t so long ago that Chickenpox was a universal childhood experience. I’ve heard stories from older people of...
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