By Esma Yerlikaya Diabetes is a pandemic affecting over 500 million people globally1. By its simplest definition, diabetes is a condition that disrupts the utilization of sugar in the bloodstream. Due to its inability to enter the cells, sugar accumulates in the blood. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are two distinct forms of diabetes. … Continue reading SYK Might Make You Sick: New Discovery Could Lead to Better Therapies for Diabetes Patients
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Sunshine State of Mind: How to Protect your Skin from UV Exposure
By Carli King Here comes the sun… and the sunburn! With the start of summer upon us, it is extra important to understand the benefits and risks of sunshine. A major physiological benefit of sunlight is it stimulates the production of vitamin D in the body, which is essential for the absorption of crucial minerals … Continue reading Sunshine State of Mind: How to Protect your Skin from UV Exposure
Getting It Off My Chest: What Gender-affirming Care Really Is
By Rachel Kang Gender-affirming care is defined by the World Health Organization as the implementation of any social, psychological, behavioral, or medical interventions designed to support and affirm a person’s gender identity. This form of care is essential for the mental well-being of transgender folks who experience gender dysphoria, which can appear in children as … Continue reading Getting It Off My Chest: What Gender-affirming Care Really Is
This Article Might Put You to Sleep: The History of Modern Anesthesia and the Multifaceted Properties of These Surgical Medications
By Gaelyn Lyons At some point in our lives, we will get the dreaded news that we need to get an aching tooth filled, a suspicious mole biopsied, or a stoned gallbladder surgically removed. Thanks to modern medicine, we can get through all these procedures somewhat painlessly with the help of anesthesia. Contrary to popular … Continue reading This Article Might Put You to Sleep: The History of Modern Anesthesia and the Multifaceted Properties of These Surgical Medications
The Past, Present, and Future of FDA Accelerate Approval
By Stephanie Baringer In recent years, the process in which therapeutics are approved for use by the FDA has been in the spotlight. From the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines (read more in a previous LTS article) to the approval of then-anticipated breakthrough drug aducanumab for Alzheimer’s disease (see my previous LTS article on the … Continue reading The Past, Present, and Future of FDA Accelerate Approval
Biosensing Tattoos Your Mother Would Approve Of
By Stephanie Baringer Imagine this: you are at a family gathering and your mom sees your newest tattoo and starts to interrogate you on the purpose of your new ink masterpiece. In a mix of excitement and internalized teenage angst you exclaim, “But mom, you don’t understand! This tattoo could save my life!” Maybe that … Continue reading Biosensing Tattoos Your Mother Would Approve Of
Aspirin and Its Evolution Across Decades
By Hannah Johnson Figure 1: A box of aspirin.[6] When you have a headache, a fever, or inflammation, the usual response to obtain relief would be taking an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug), such as aspirin or ibuprofen. While these are common over the counter (OTC) drugs that are often found in a person’s medicine cabinet, … Continue reading Aspirin and Its Evolution Across Decades
Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease: The Rise of Novel Biomarkers
By Rebecca Fleeman Why are some diseases easy to diagnose and others aren’t? For instance, we can get a COVID rapid test and have a result in hours, whereas a disease like Alzheimer’s requires numerous tests over several months to make a diagnosis. Simply put, COVID is an infectious disease, caused by one single known … Continue reading Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease: The Rise of Novel Biomarkers
Getting to the Heart of the Problem: The Penn State Heart Legacy
By Victoria Silvis Since the first successful kidney transplant in 1954, organ transplantation has become an increasingly common procedure with over 39,000 occurring in the United States in 2020.1,2 While the pancreas, heart, and liver were the next organs to be transplanted in the 1960’s, organ procurement was a challenge, as the United Network for … Continue reading Getting to the Heart of the Problem: The Penn State Heart Legacy
The Knee Jerk Reflex: More Than A Simple Medical Test
By Mariam Melkumyan If you have ever been to a primary care physician, they have almost certainly used a little hammer to tap your knee to test for your knee-jerk reflex. In response to this tap, your leg likely jerked a little, hence the name of the reflex. This simple test is used to assure … Continue reading The Knee Jerk Reflex: More Than A Simple Medical Test
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