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Social Media Usage: The Modern-Day High
Written by Sameera Rampertab | Art by Tanisha Arora Approximately 93-97% of US teens are active on social media, and 20% report negative mental health. The brain’s reward system, the mesolimbic dopamine pathway, maintains a key role in facilitating social media’s detrimental health impacts. Dopamine aids in improving mood while also aiding in memory, attention,… Read more
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Whitmore’s Disease: Melioidiosis
Written by Goonj Gautam | Art by Anoushka Pandya Melioidiosis goes by many names: Whitmore’s Disease, Nightcliff gardener’s disease, Vietnamese time bomb and more. Although extremely rare in the United States and the rest of the western hemisphere, this disease occurs commonly in southeast Asia, such as India, southern China, Thailand, and northern Australia. This… Read more
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Why Muscle Strains Are So Common in Cricket and Other Sports
Written by Siddharth Adarapu | Art by MollyAnn Caulfield Cricket is a sport filled with action, drama, sportsmanship, intensity, but also many injuries. Hello, I am Siddharth Adarapu, and I am a sixth grader who has played cricket for the past seven years. Throughout all seven years, I have only gotten injured five times, with… Read more
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Pulmonary Fibrosis: The Disease that Steals your Breath
Written by Erica Tissera | Art by Erica Tissera The struggle to simply climb a flight of stairs, chest tightening with each step, is a harsh reality for many who struggle with pulmonary fibrosis. Simply said, pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a lung disease, one that is caused by the buildup of scar tissue in the… Read more
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The Sound that Isn’t There: The Science Behind Exploding Head Syndrome
Written by Nikita Mathur | Art by Tanisha Arora Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is defined as a sleep disorder that causes one to hear loud noises. Although the name might sound alarming, the disorder itself does not cause negative effects. Since there are no tests to determine EHS specifically, healthcare workers must identify the disorder… Read more
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Immune System Sex Differences: A Call for Equitable Research
Written by Sameera Rampertab | Art by Tanisha Arora The looming December to February cold and flu season (as identified by the CDC) sparks the question: do men or women possess a stronger immune system? While it may not seem that this is the case since both parties catch illnesses, it was a pertinent factor… Read more