By Sharon Washio Migraines are most commonly defined by their excruciating, pulsating pain. It is a prevalent disorder, with over 38 million Americans affected, of which approximately 28 million are women. It isn’t just your ordinary headache—some say that it feels like the side of […]

By Barbara Gruszka To understand epilepsy, a condition of the brain which causes seizures due to disturbances in the electrical activity of the brain, first knowing about the brain may come in handy.

By Devorah Saffern A study done at the Rabinowitz lab in the Chemistry and Integrative Genomics Carl Icahn Laboratory at Princeton University was published in this month’s edition of Nature. The work, which analyzed the role of glucose in the nutrient-metabolizing tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA […]

By MaryAnn Placheril Bordering India and China, Myanmar is a mainly Buddhist country with a sizable Muslim minority, the Rohingya. However, the government of Myanmar does not recognize the Rohingya as citizens, leaving them stateless. For decades, Buddhists have systematically oppressed the Rohingya, but this […]

By Ava Torjani A recent study demonstrated a significant improvement in life expectancy among the least-expected countries, including Niger, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Gambia, Nepal, and Peru. These are low-income countries with relatively low access to and quality of healthcare. On the other hand, people in several […]

By Sirad Hassan Somalia is a beautiful country of storytellers, poets, and nomads. The history of the nation is troubled by the onset of a civil war that afflicted a tremendous amount of pain and trauma. Entire communities were disturbed by the continuous violence from […]

By Alison Herman At the end of May, my 30-hour trip across the Atlantic ended at the Roberts International Airport in the middle of the night. Descending the staircase onto the airfield, I felt Monrovia’s balmy air begin to exacerbate my travel-induced exhaustion. Making my […]

By Alison Herman Thirty-three percent on an assessment would be considered acute failure; our mental health systems regularly fail children and teenagers when less than a third of these patients receive the help they need. Given that “half of all lifetime anxiety disorders emerge before […]