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  Vaccines are an extremely important aspect of modern medicine. They reduce mortality rates from many diseases and save a significant amount of money. Despite these obvious benefits, some people continue to oppose vaccines and refuse to vaccinate their children. In doing so, these individuals not only endanger their own children, but the lives of many others as well. … [Read more...] about Trust Me, I’m Premed: Vaccines Save Lives

By now even if people haven't seen the catcalling video of the woman walking around New York, people have at least heard of it. A woman filmed herself for several hours walking around New York enduring a wide range of comments from men on her appearance. The woman was followed, yelled at, hollered at and it was clear that she was uncomfortable with all of this. The video was … [Read more...] about What is Your Call on Catcalling?

Another blog entry about coffee? Why not—apparently coffee is becoming a defining characteristic of American culture. In middle school, I read a book by a young adult author called Cornelia Funke, who wrote a novel about a boy and a dragon who end up in the Himalayas. One of the exotic customs with which the two were confronted was yak butter tea—green tea with butter mixed … [Read more...] about What’s Eatin’ You: Coffee, with a Pat of Butter

  Despite continuing advances in health care, diabetes affects more people each year. According to the American Diabetes Association, the number of Americans with diabetes increased by 3.3 million over two years. This was also an increase from 8.3% of the population to 9.3%. There is no cure for diabetes, which may in part account for the continually increasing number … [Read more...] about Trust Me, I’m Premed: Diabetes – Facts and Details

This week, movie theaters across the country have been screening the National Theatre Live's "Frankenstein" starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Johhny Lee Miller. I heard about this event through one of my theater teachers and was surprised that it was not more heavily advertised. "Frankenstein" is a classic story to be told around Halloween, and so these film screenings were … [Read more...] about The Evolution of Entertainment: “Frankenstein” – Realism versus Extremism in Horror