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Written by Hannah Segal and Edited by Rasheed Majzoub
More and more people are living sedentary lifestyles, but with that comes potential health risks. This article talks about the importance of physical activity and its effect on memory and other cognitive functions.
Written by Mildred Monsivais and Edited by Mehr Kaur Bawa
Lots has been said about the pros and cons of intermittent fasting for dieting and lifestyle, but could the process be beneficial to our gut microbes? While we have yet to fully understand the scope of what our inner microbial communities have to offer, intermittent fasting could be a useful way for us to regulate our gut microbes.
Written by Katie Traversino and Edited by Kevin Liu
The effects of global climate change has taken its toll on the California forests and wild life, manifesting itself in the form of devastating wildfires. These fires have ravaged people’s homes and have permanently affected people’s lives. On top of the physical damage, the communities affected have had to endure a number of anxieties characterized in this article.
Medicine and Research
Written by Tonya Mukherjee and Edited by Catherine Zhang
Cancer is notoriously hard to treat because many of the existing treatments cannot completely differentiate between cancerous and non-cancerous cells. This article introduces the idea of CAR-T cell therapy, which uses specialized immune cells that can recognize unique markers that sit on the surface of cancer cells. Although CAR-T cell therapy is in the early stages of clinical trials, there are promising results.
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