We’ve all probably taken antibiotics some time in our lives before, but how does the drug actually get into your body to cure an infection?…
We’ve all heard of the saying, “beauty is pain.” Yet, throughout history, there have been plenty of instances where beauty really did equal pain –…
In one of the worst cases of corrupt medical science, a drug named thalidomide swept throughout the world, nearly matching aspirin in sales, and caused…
Here’s where the controversy about fat and weight loss comes in. In the 1950s, the United States saw a disturbing rise in heart disease and…
Inadvertently, it seems like the macromolecules of life are becoming a series on this blog! A while ago, I made a post about proteins, since…
Now, on to the second day of the Harvard Global Health and Leadership Conference! If you’ve been keeping up on my blog, you’ll know that…
Last year, I participated in the 4th Annual Harvard College Global Health and Leadership Conference, and as a shy kid who often had trouble making…
Before the European Championship in 1966, athletes were not tested for drugs that could enhance the performance of an athlete. Yet, by 2015, the World…
If you could eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? That’s a question asked way too many times, whether…
In 1918, one of the deadliest pandemics faced by mankind swept over the globe, killing an estimated 25 to 100 million people and infecting 500…