Maria
From Trends to Truth: Diabetic Medications and Weight Loss
The global obesity epidemic affects a staggering 52% of adults as of 2016 [1] and continues to escalate. Therefore, the quest for...
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Maria
Nov 22, 2023
From Genes to Lifestyle: What is Diabetes?
According to the World Health Organization, diabetes affects approximately 422 million individuals (8.5% of the world’s population),...
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Maria
Aug 2, 2023
Is aspartame as an artificial sweetener a good substitute for sugar?
Artificial sweeteners were first introduced into the market several decades ago, transforming the way we eat as even though they taste...
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Maria
Jun 7, 2023
How to prevent and treat melanoma?
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops in melanocytes, the cells responsible for the pigment that colours skin, hair, and eyes...
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Nicole
Apr 22, 2022
Decoding the AstraZeneca Vaccine
In previous posts, we have decoded the J&J vaccine as well as the mRNA vaccines (you can find more information here and here). Now, the...
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Phaedra
Feb 10, 2022
What is Long-COVID?
COVID-19 has been the headline of world news since 2019 and continues to be a major part of it to this day, especially due to the...
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Renard
Feb 4, 2022
Why is it Important to Vaccine Children Against COVID-19?
Even though children generally suffer only from mild symptoms after being infected by COVID-19, according to UNICEF, as of December 2021,...
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Hedi
Oct 13, 2021
Common and Severe Side Effects of the COVID-19 Vaccine
Safe and effective vaccination provides significant protection to the public. With many more people getting their second dose, now is a...
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Dominique
Sep 25, 2021
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A not so New Virus Worry
As COVID-19 restrictions began to lift over the past few months, there has been news about a new viral acronym: RSV. RSV stands for...
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Phaedra
Sep 6, 2021
Adverse Effects of COVID-19 Infection
COVID-19, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. COVID‐19 is caused by the Severe Acute...
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Nicole
Aug 26, 2021
How does the J&J Vaccine Work?
Lately, there has been a lot of buzz about COVID-19 vaccines, particularly regarding mRNA vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna...
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Dominique
Jul 8, 2021
Are there Long-Term Effects to the COVID-19 Vaccines?
As vaccination availability continues to expand, the long-term effects of the COVID-19 vaccines is one of the main hesitations. At the...
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Nicole
Jul 2, 2021
Antibiotic Resistance: The Super-Bugs
In our previous post, we talked about the different ways that antibiotics could kill bacteria*. Antibiotics have been very helpful to...
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Nicole
Apr 29, 2021
To Worry or Not to Worry: COVID-19 Vaccine and Blood Clots?
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been temporarily suspended in several countries while institutions analyze the association between the...
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