Health & Wellness

The Cannabis Classification Conundrum

April 20, 2023 by

As more states legalize recreational cannabis use, the demand for cannabinoid research to better understand public health implications and inform growth and distribution policy grows.
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Can we slow our biological clocks? Cynthia Kenyon lectures on the molecular components of aging at Corwin Pavilion

April 13, 2023 by

Cynthia Kenyon, vice president of aging research at Calico Life Sciences and director of University of California, San Francisco’s Larry L. Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging,  presented her ...
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We get by with a little help from our weak social ties: A UCSB PhD student’s insight on recent social portfolio study from Harvard researchers

April 13, 2023 by

For UC Santa Barbara students struggling to make and maintain meaningful connections, a recent study examining the link between social networks and psychological well-being may provide some much-neede...
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Simply Stated: Could a zombie apocalypse actually happen in real life?

February 9, 2023 by

Zombie apocalypses have been portrayed countless times in movies, shows and video games such as “The Last of Us.” As it turns out, the creators of the 2013 post-apocalyptic video game drew inspira...
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“Implicit Bias in Healthcare:” A Webinar hosted by the Health Professions Association

January 26, 2023 by

UC Santa Barbara’s Health Professions Association’s Inclusivity & Outreach Committee hosted a webinar to highlight implicit, unconscious and structural bias in healthcare, on Jan. 21.
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Simply Stated: How Do You Lessen The Toll Of A Sugar Rush?

October 27, 2022 by

While it’s important to enjoy these Howmoments while they last, there is one important thing to watch out for, which is a major glucose spike when you subconsciously munch on some Sour Patch Kids or...
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Simply Stated: Starter pack for college student health

September 25, 2022 by

Student health consists of eight different dimensions of wellness: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, vocational, environmental, spiritual and financial.
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A Conversation with Santa Barbara Public Health Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso

June 2, 2022 by

Dr. Van Do-Reynoso recounts the personal and educational path that led her to become a leader in California's public health system.
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“Post Roe Frontiers”: Goodwin, Oaks Share Dialogue on Reproductive Health Policy and Justice

May 13, 2022 by and

Following the leaked Supreme Court case draft opinion that might overturn Roe v. Wade, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor Michele Goodwin and UC Santa Barbara feminist studies professor Laury Oaks cam...
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COVID Q&A

April 8, 2022 by

Our Science & Tech section sat down with Dr. Vejas Skripkus, M.D. who is the executive director of UC Santa Barbara Student Health, to answer questions submitted by readers last week. 
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Jacobs Lab Studies Effects of Menstruation on Brain

February 27, 2022 by

The Daily Nexus spoke to Pritschet, a doctoral student in the Jacobs Lab, about the research in the Jacobs Lab, her experience with sex-specific neuroendocrinology research and the outlook surrounding...
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UCSB Physics Researchers Apply Probability to Contextualize Microbiome

February 25, 2022 by

Instead of focusing on the individual successes of isolated microorganisms implanting in a microbiome, the report looked at how the presence of other microorganisms affects the process. 
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When the Data Lies: The Consequences of Racial Bias In Research and Algorithms

February 22, 2022 by

When data itself is skewed, how do the findings themselves — or even policies and outcomes — get affected by such biases? 
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In Race Against New Wave, UCSB Researcher Develops Assay to ID Omicron

January 27, 2022 by

The omicron variant of COVID-19 is significantly more contagious than other previously prevalent variants (such as the delta variant), leading to a heightened necessity to distinguish the variant. Ari...
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How The Omicron Variant Impacts Our Path To COVID-19 Endemicity

January 5, 2022 by

Eventually, COVID-19 can be labeled as endemic, but until we increase vaccination rates to slow transmission, limit hospitalization and death to ease strain on the healthcare system, we aren’t quite...
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