*Note: This paper was written before the implementation of health care reform by the Obama administration in 2010. However, this does not in any way lessen the importance or timeliness of the claims being made. Atul Gawande, endocrine surgeon and author of Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, has said that it takes a certain ingenuity and innovation to excel in health … [Read more...] about OMT, OMG! Osteopathy Makes It Better
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By Mitchell Knauf By 1948, with the establishment of world trade organizations like the GATT, IMF, and World Bank, globalization took off in developing nations. Importing tariffs and trade barriers began to fall and Western economies observed a potential to grow. As Third World nations dropped their trade borders and companies of developed nations started to focus on profits … [Read more...] about Electronic Waste
Girls Getting Off: Darwin and the Big O
By Noelle Miller Introduction Recent literature in the field of evolutionary biology has suggested that the female orgasm may be a “happy accident” of natural selection, implying that the sensitivity of the female sexual organs is a result of parallel development with male sexual organs (Lloyd, 2005). Elizabeth Lloyd, in her book The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the … [Read more...] about Girls Getting Off: Darwin and the Big O
Energy Drinks
By Julie Robles Nearly every college student has pulled an “all-nighter” with the help of energy drinks, but few have seriously considered the negative effects the long list of chemicals and ingredients could have on the body. As the job market diminishes and acceptance to professional schools becomes more competitive, students must work harder to gain an edge over their … [Read more...] about Energy Drinks
Cancer or Chastity? The Battle over HPV Prevention
By Stephanie Ivanick The most common, most detrimental, and most highly undetected STD is the human papillomavirus (HPV), which infects 6.2 million women per year and may culminate in hysterectomy, chemotherapy, cervical cancer, infertility, and death (Cox 1). In order to eradicate HPV and decrease the number of cases per year, Merck Pharmaceutical Corp. has developed … [Read more...] about Cancer or Chastity? The Battle over HPV Prevention