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January 2021

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Member of the Month
 
Panamdeep Thind
4th year Chemistry Major 
 
What do you enjoy about being a part of MSO? Or if you are a new member, why did you join MSO?
I joined MSO because I have always enjoyed writing and I believe that being apart of the MSO staff can expand my interests in writing.

What are your academic and/or professional interests?
I enjoy conducting experiments within the lab and as mentioned before writing, especially creative writing such as short stories and even poems.

What do you enjoy doing in your free time, or what is a “fun fact” about you?
I really enjoy dancing in my free time and am also apart of a dance team on campus called Rang De Irvine.
 
 
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Over the course of this month, MSO’s writers and editors have been continuing the organization’s mission to expand health and scientific literacy by creating quality, enjoyable articles on current scientific developments. In this newsletter, we highlight our team’s amazing work published under MSO’s three committees: health and wellness, medicine and pharmacy, and global and local research.
 
 
Reducing Risk of Cervical Cancer
 
Written by Shea Dockan and Edited by Josephine Chan.
 
HPV infection can cause a range of symptoms including cervical cancer. Thankfully there is a vaccine. Read more about the efficacy of the vaccine and how it prevents HPV.
 
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How a Good Book Can Keep You Healthy
 
Written by Valerie Nguyen and Edited by Olivia Cooper.
 
Read about how spending time reading instead of technological devices can promote cognitive health. 
 
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Animal Testing and Its Alternatives
 
Written by Regina Enriquez and Edited by Kevin Liu

“”Only a small fraction of animal-tested products become approved and enter the market [5]. While animals are good models for the human condition, they are not exactly the same either, treatments that function perfectly for animals may have adverse effects when given to humans.”
 
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Mindfulness and Its Role in Reducing The Risk of Depression
 
Written by Manal Usmani and Edited By Kevin Liu
The risk for having multiple and/or long depressive episodes heavily depends on four emotional regulation variables: worry, rumination, reappraisal, and suppression [6] [9]. The Parmentier research group showed that decreases in worry and rumination were the most impactful variables in significantly reducing the onset of depressive symptoms [5].
 
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AI in Healthcare: a Multidisciplinary Approach
 
 Written by Taylor Le and Edited by Kevin Liu
 
“Additionally, recent developments specifically in the healthcare field may pave the way for a multidisciplinary team by providing medical professionals with AI-aided computing for a refined database of healthcare prevention, treatment, and diagnosis. Rather than associating medicine and the direction of healthcare with solely physicians, nurses, and other crucial members, people are increasingly learning of the emergence of AI and its drastic implications and advantages in a healthcare setting.”.
 
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Antibiotic Residues in the Food Chain
 
“Written by Tonya Mukherjee and Edited by Josephine Chan
 
 With the global population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, the need for agricultural products is growing. To keep up with the growing need of agricultural products, the agricultural industry commonly utilizes antibiotics in livestock to allow the animals to better process cheaper feeds, as well as to keep them healthy”
 
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