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Dear Reader, In the era of much political turmoil, distress and shock, the world has focused on the negativity that…
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Frontiers Magazine: WU Review of Health is a publication that strives to make transdisciplinary aspects of health and medicine more…
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VOLUME 11 ISSUE 2 OUT NOW!
Dear Reader, In the era of much political turmoil, distress, and shock, the world has focused on the negativity that…
The 30-year Quest for the Leishmaniasis Vaccine
Hidden in tropical regions, there exists an ancient plague that can “… eat away your nose and lips until they fall off and leave your face an open weeping sore” (1). This plague is Leishmaniasis, a thousand-year-old human disease that has repeatedly proven its resilience to effective treatment or prevention. In the present day, Leishmaniasis…
Cloudy with a Chance of Death
Over the last few months, news stories about vaping illnesses and deaths have spread like wildfire, with each story portraying a grim picture of a method of inhalation once thought to be safe by design. As a result, a sort of panic has ensued, with federal and state administrations threatening to ban the sale of…
Intersectionality: Understanding Social Identities To Combat Health Disparities
“Know every student by name and by story.” Students at WashU have had the phrase engraved into their minds after hearing it many times over. However, while students know the phrase, do they truly understand it? While most people can learn someone’s name fairly easily, knowing their story is more complicated. A story can include…
WHO Declares First World Patient Safety Day
Geneva’s “Le Jet d’Eau,” the city’s historic fountain, illuminated with a dazzling orange, casting a bright light against the dark Genevan skyline. The 140-meter water display was not just for show; it was in solidarity with the hundreds of millions of patients who have experienced unsafe hospital care, and to commemorate the World Health Organization’s…
A New Era of Hope in Huntington’s Disease Research
When we read medical journals or magazines about research on certain diseases, most articles that appear on the front pages cover health issues that affect a large part of the population. Although it is practical to see medical news that is relevant to most people, sometimes it is both informative and useful to evaluate potential…
Exploring Medicare for All: Understanding the Healthcare Debate
Before we buy any product at the market, we first consider the quality and price and compare it to similar products to ensure we are making the correct choice. Surprisingly this exact shopping behavior also appears in the topic of healthcare. Since the 2020 presidential election cycle, voters in the United States have been listening…
Combatting Vaccine Hesitancy
Arachnophobia? A valid fear: the long legs and erratic movements of tarantulas are enough to send chills down my spine. Heights? Also reasonable— just the thought of bungee jumping makes my stomach queasy. But vaccination? It’s surprising that the agent responsible for eradicating such fatal diseases as smallpox is at the root of great controversy….
Gut Health and the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease has become one of the most wide-spread diseases affecting older populations, predicted to affect almost 14 million people in the next 30 years [1]. Due to the intricacies of the human brain, research in this field is continually cutting-edge, with new discoveries arising regularly. New research being conducted regarding the relation of the…
Animals Behind the Scenes: Model Organisms
For hundreds of years, people have looked to animals and plants to explain elusive human phenomena. Aesop’s fables and ancient texts highlight the extent of this human-animal relationship. In these didactic stories, the whimsical portrayal of animals and plants is used to illustrate and concretize human action. Aside from human imagination, animals and plants have…
Twinkle Twinkle Little Cell: Astrocyte Research Linked to Neural Disorders
We have all heard of our “little gray cells” and the marvelous things they can do. The neurons in our brain carry action potentials that enable us to perform everyday activities and form complex thoughts.. However, scientists have only recently begun to discover the essential properties of glial cells, the neuron’s lesser known relative. Glial…