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Sleep deprivation increases the likelihood of teengers and adolescents having little attention span and the inability to concentrate which can affect their academic performance and daily activities. As well as being tired all day, it’s clear that the overusage of social media has its consequences.

I’ve been thinking a lot about creativity, healing, and livelihood. Since becoming autoimmune, completing my postdoc, and leaving toxic workplaces, I have been realizing how much creativity is central in this road to independence.

As a postdoc, I prayed and dreamed every day to land the NIH K99/R00 Award, also known as the “Pathway to Indpendence” award. This is a 5-year grant which lands you from a funded postdoctoral fellowship with your own project, into becoming a funded assistant professor at a university, the big dream for many of us in academic research. I wanted to be a professor so very much. I absorbed my Deepak Chopra and Florence Scovell Shin books, visualized my goal, dreamed it, affirmed it on paper hundreds of times, and even celebrated it. And when I received my application score, my PI, a very well-respected professor and leader in the biomedical informatics field, emailed me and told me that I had a fundable score. I may have cried when I read the email.

by Alejandra Ramos, PHPN MPH Student Intern

As the school year is coming to an end, students everywhere are in a state of stress and anxiety all because of… finals week. Or should we say “hell week” . The one time of the school year where we all dread and have countless breakdowns over final assignments and exams. As a senior in college, I am ready to check out.

Some of us students tend to forget to look after ourselves whenever we’re under pressure and stressed from all the studying for exams that are coming our way.

But why exactly is abortion a public health issue? To answer that question, we can examine the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Turnaway Study:

The Turnaway Study was a decade-long prospective longitudinal study examining the effects of unwanted pregnancies on mental, physical and, and socioeconomic health.

by Alysha Jones

Over the past three years, there has been a shock in health and the global health system. Causing issues to arise from the pandemic halting any type of progress on many levels. As we are now starting to turn the page on the past, and begin to rebuild health systems in a post-pandemic world, many people might be wondering what will be at the top of the global health agenda? Where should we as a global community be refocusing our efforts? Or even, what lost progress must be regained, and what are the greatest threats to come and change?

Here are six global health issues to follow in 2023:

Bullying leaves scars on the victim whether it be physically or mentally. Students should not be afraid of coming to school which is why all schools need to implement interventions where those who are being bullied have resources that are necessary to overcome this issue. Every school should be able to provide a safe environment for all students and encourage them to show positive behavior towards others.

The CDC reported that the obesity prevalence for children and adolescents aged 2-19 was nearly 20% from 2017-2020, and a predictive epidemiological study out of the New England Journal of Medicine found that the estimated risk of adult obesity at age 35 for this population could be as high as 57%. If that sounds like a serious cause for concern, that’s because it is. Undoubtedly, childhood obesity is a leading public health challenge. But, what exactly is obesity and what are the health risks associated with it?

What Happens to Us When We Lack Emotional Support At Home? by Alejandra Ramos

Heart Health in the Black Community and Why Heart Disease affects Black Americans

With the major adaptation of being socially isolated, we now lack social skills and we are less likely to engage in social settings. Our feelings of social anxiety have heightened and now we have to learn how to cope with it and hopefully the transition of coming back to social settings will be easier.

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