Health & Wellness

April 20, 2023

The Link Between Schizophrenia and Cannabis Use

By Olivia Gil de Bernabe

​​Research indicates that people with a family history of psychotic disorders should exercise caution when it comes to cannabinoid use.

April 20, 2023

The Cannabis Classification Conundrum

By Olivia Gil de Bernabe

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.

April 13, 2023

Can we slow our biological clocks? Cynthia Kenyon lectures on the molecular components of aging at Corwin Pavilion

By Meenakshi Manoj

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 research regarding e...

April 13, 2023

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

By Olivia Gil de Bernabe

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-needed comfort.  

February 9, 2023

Simply Stated: Could a zombie apocalypse actually happen in real life?

By Kaitlin Lee

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 inspiration from a real-lif...

January 26, 2023

“Implicit Bias in Healthcare:” A Webinar hosted by the Health Professions Association

By Meenakshi Manoj

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.

October 27, 2022

Simply Stated: How Do You Lessen The Toll Of A Sugar Rush?

By Meenakshi Manoj

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 M&M’s.

September 25, 2022

Simply Stated: Starter pack for college student health

By Science Editor

Student health consists of eight different dimensions of wellness: physical, social, emotional, intellectual, vocational, environmental, spiritual and financial.

June 2, 2022

A Conversation with Santa Barbara Public Health Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso

By Emma Holm-Olsen

Dr. Van Do-Reynoso recounts the personal and educational path that led her to become a leader in California's public health system.

May 13, 2022

“Post Roe Frontiers”: Goodwin, Oaks Share Dialogue on Reproductive Health Policy and Justice

By Anaya Khan, Emma Holm-Olsen

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 came together on May 9 ...

April 8, 2022

COVID Q&A

By Devanshi Tomar

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. 

February 27, 2022

Jacobs Lab Studies Effects of Menstruation on Brain

By Nasim Elyasi

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 women’s health in...

February 25, 2022

UCSB Physics Researchers Apply Probability to Contextualize Microbiome

By Seamus O'Hara

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. 

February 22, 2022

When the Data Lies: The Consequences of Racial Bias In Research and Algorithms

By Sean Crommelin

When data itself is skewed, how do the findings themselves — or even policies and outcomes — get affected by such biases? 

January 27, 2022

In Race Against New Wave, UCSB Researcher Develops Assay to ID Omicron

By Devanshi Tomar

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. Arias and Dr. Lynn Fitz...

January 5, 2022

How The Omicron Variant Impacts Our Path To COVID-19 Endemicity

By Devanshi Tomar

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 there. And until th...