Writing Portfolio

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Journalism

Title

Publication

Date

Prediabetes: To Screen or Not to Screen?
Healthline
October 5, 2016
Legalization of Marijuana Doesn’t Increase Teen Use, Researchers Say
Healthline
July 6, 2016
Does Taking a Painkiller Make You Less Empathic Toward Others?
Healthline
June 3, 2016
People Emit Their Own Personal Microbial Cloud
Healthline
September 22, 2015
Marijuana Use Linked with Prediabetes
Healthline
September 14, 2015
PTSD Can Last for Years in People Who Witness Traumas Like 9/11
Healthline
September 11, 2015
Is Testosterone the Reason Women Have Better Verbal Skills than Men?
Healthline
September 3, 2015
The Changing Definition of What Is 'Brain Dead'
Healthline
August 27, 2015
Alzheimer's Disease: What Stands Between Us and a Cure?
Healthline
July 31, 2015
Living with High Cholesterol
Healthline
July 24, 2015
Study Links Loneliness with Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Healthline
July 20, 2015
New Antibody May Treat Brain Injury and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
Healthline
July 15, 2015
Brain Scan Can Tell PTSD Apart from Traumatic Brain Injury
Healthline
July 11, 2015
Should a Worker Be Fired for Using Medical Marijuana at Home?
Healthline
July 9, 2015
California to Let Pharmacists Prescribe Birth Control Pills
Healthline
June 26, 2015
Parents Urging States to Require Epinephrine Auto-Injectors
Healthline
June 15, 2015
Would the Trans Pacific Partnership Boost Drug Prices and Endanger Access?
Healthline
June 12, 2015
Caitlyn Jenner's Debut in Vanity Fair Spotlights Transgender Issues
Healthline
June 9, 2015
Autism Best Treated in a Stable and Predictable Environment, Study Says
Healthline
June 2, 2015
FDA Approves New Drug to Treat COPD
Healthline
May 28, 2015
Depression Boosts Risk of Death Five-Fold Among Heart Failure Patients
Healthline
May 23, 2015
Combination of Stem Cell and Drug Therapy Could Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
Healthline
May 19, 2015
Untested Stimulant in Athletic Dietary Supplement May Cause Brain Hemorrhage
Healthline
May 11, 2015
Triglyceride Levels Are Dropping Among Adults
Healthline
May 7, 2015
COPD Doubles Risk for Fatal Heart Attack
Healthline
May 3, 2015
New Biomarker May Detect Stress-Induced Depression
Healthline
April 23, 2015
Do Photos of Thin Models Really Cause Eating Disorders?
Healthline
September 1, 2016
How Can You Diagnose Someone Else's Pain?
Healthline
March 31, 2015
Psychoactive Plant May Hold Key to Reversing Diabetes
Healthline
March 9, 2015
Most Benign Thyroid Nodules Remain Noncancerous, Even If They Grow
Healthline
March 3, 2015
Orthorexia: The New Eating Disorder You've Never Heard Of
Healthline
February 24, 2015
The Science of Medical Marijuana: What's the Latest?
Healthline
February 21, 2015
Scientists Delve Deep into the Brain Seeking the Source of PTSD
Healthline
January 25, 2015
Exposure to These 2 Common Chemicals in Pregnancy Could Tank Your Baby’s IQ
Healthline
December 10, 2014
Gadget Report: Forget Shots and Pills for Back and Leg Pain
Healthline
December 6, 2014
Mother’s Gut Bacteria Help Seal Baby’s Blood-Brain Barrier
Healthline
November 27, 2014
80 Million Bacteria Pass Between Partners During a 10-Second Kiss
Healthline
November 20, 2014
Secondhand Marijuana Smoke May Be as Bad for the Heart as Secondhand Tobacco Smoke
Healthline
November 17, 2014
Humans Have Lost Many of Our Gut Bacteria Since We Evolved from Apes
Healthline
November 4, 2014
Why Male and Female Brains React Differently to Stress and a High-Fat Diet
Healthline
October 16, 2014
New Brain Scan Technique Captures Early Signs of Dementia
Healthline
October 7, 2014
Curiosity Changes the Brain to Boost Learning and Memory
Healthline
October 2, 2014
Gadget Report: 'Biospleen' Saves Patients in Hospitals, Apps Track Them Everywhere Else
Healthline
September 20, 2014
Study: Music Training Boosts Brain Function in At-Risk Kids
Healthline
September 3, 2014
Do Video Games Make Kids Saints or Psychopaths (and Why Is It So Hard to Find Out)?
Healthline
August 28, 2014
Shining a Light on the Brain Regrows Nerves After Stroke
Healthline
August 18, 2014
Rogue DNA in Parents Can Lead to Genetic Disease in Their Children
Healthline
July 31, 2014
Stress and Trauma in Childhood Affect Gene Expression for Life
Healthline
July 29, 2014
Marijuana Addiction Is Rare, But Very Real
Healthline
July 20, 2014
Type of Fat You Eat, Not How Much Fat You Carry, Determines Arthritis Risk
Healthline
July 11, 2014
New Blood Test Predicts Breast Cancer Risk in Women Without BRCA Mutations
Healthline
July 1, 2014
Scientists Identify Protein Pathway That Triggers Psoriasis
Healthline
June 5, 2014
Why Do Some People Quit in the Face of Stress While Others Persevere?
Healthline
May 28, 2014
The Real (and Disgusting) Health Dangers of Air Travel
Healthline
May 24, 2014
Could Lucid Dreaming Be the Next Treatment for PTSD?
Healthline
May 20, 2014
News Analysis: Are We Misdiagnosing Childhood Traumas as ADHD?
Healthline
May 6, 2014
A Simple Brain Scan Could Someday Diagnose ADHD
Healthline
April 30, 2014
5 Questions You Should Ask Your Parents (for the Sake of Your Health)
Healthline
April 24, 2014
Gene Therapy Makes Cochlear Implants Much More Effective
Healthline
April 23, 2014
Science Moves Closer to Creating Artificial Human Blood
Healthline
April 18, 2014
Are Environmental Toxins to Blame for Rising Rates of Autism and Schizophrenia?
Healthline
April 11, 2014
Why Do Some People Become Alcoholics but Not Others? Blame the Brain
Healthline
April 8, 2014
More than 1 in 20 White Boys Are Colorblind, Study Finds
Healthline
April 3, 2014
Drug Treatment Offers Hope for Kids with Down Syndrome
Healthline
March 28, 2014
Could Doctors Diagnose PTSD with Just the Sound of Your Voice?
Healthline
March 26, 2014
The Human Nose Can Detect More Than 1 Trillion Scents
Healthline
March 20, 2014
Smartphone Device Can Detect Preeclampsia, Saving Lives Worldwide
Healthline
March 9, 2014
New Compounds Might Prevent Swine Flu Deaths
Healthline
March 4, 2014
Novel Blood Test Can Find One Cancer Cell Among Millions
Healthline
February 28, 2014
Could Some Cases of Schizophrenia Be Caused by an Autoimmune Disease?
Healthline
February 20, 2014
Scientists Can Now Edit the Human Genome, One Letter at a Time
Healthline
February 14, 2014
A Single Shot in the Neck Eases Menopause Hot Flashes
Healthline
February 12, 2014
Simulated Blindness May Help Restore Your Hearing
Healthline
February 5, 2014
Cannabis During Pregnancy Impairs Baby's Brain Development
Healthline
January 28, 2014
Google Scientists Create Contact Lens to Measure Blood Sugar Levels in Tears
Healthline
January 23, 2014
Color-Changing Turkey Wattles Inspire New Toxin and Germ Detector
Healthline
January 21, 2014
Up to 40 Percent of Kids with Autism Receive Alternative Medicine Treatments, Too
Healthline
January 11, 2014
One Week of Junk Food May Be Enough to Damage Your Memory
Healthline
December 17, 2013
IBM Helps Turn PET Plastic Bottles into Powerful Antifungal Drugs
Healthline
December 14, 2013
Not Just the Ovaries: Your Brain Makes Estrogen, Too
Healthline
December 10, 2013
Men's and Women's Brains Are Wired Differently, but What Does It Mean?
Healthline
December 7, 2013
4 Illegal Drugs That Might Be Medicines
Healthline
November 30, 2013
The Truth About Hangover Cures: What Works
Healthline
November 29, 2013
5 Things You Always Knew Stressed You Out (That Science Now Confirms)
Healthline
November 23, 2013
Losing Weight Reduces the Symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation
Healthline
November 19, 2013
What's the Connection Between Schizophrenia and Being Left-Handed?
Healthline
November 7, 2013
Pain in Premature Infants Causes a Lifetime of Stress, Study Shows
Healthline
November 5, 2013
The Health Risks of Resetting Our Clocks Twice a Year
Healthline
November 1, 2013
Use Your Imagination to Delay Gratification
Healthline
October 25, 2013
Overeating During Pregnancy Predicts a Lifetime of Obesity for Children
Healthline
October 1, 2013
New Technique Could Treat Parkinson’s Using Patient’s Own Brain Cells
Healthline
September 26, 2013
Preschoolers Learn Best With Naps & Live Interaction, Studies Show
Healthline
September 24, 2013
You Feel Bad for This Robot, but Should You?
Healthline
September 22, 2013
Does Stress Make You Anxious? Blame Your Immune System
Healthline
September 17, 2013
Your Memory Is Unreliable, and Science Could Make It More So
Healthline
September 13, 2013
Scientists Unlock Genetics of a New Metabolic Disease
Healthline
September 10, 2013
Australian Scientists Achieve Successful Ovarian Tissue Transplant
Healthline
September 6, 2013
Risk Ovarian Cancer or Have Preventative Surgery?
Healthline
September 4, 2013
5 Things You’ll Be Able to Do With Your Mind by 2050
Healthline
August 30, 2013
Scientists Create Sperm and Eggs from Skin Cells, Regardless of Donor Gender
Healthline
August 26, 2013
New Cancer Treatment Makes Tumor Cells Commit Suicide
Healthline
August 20, 2013
Is Your MRI Machine Infected? WattsUpDoc Will Find Out
Healthline
August 15, 2013
Mediterranean Diet Eliminates Genetic Risk of Stroke
Healthline
August 13, 2013
Why Autistic Kids Get Lost in the Details
Healthline
August 9, 2013
Combat Stress Doesn’t Increase Risk of Soldier Suicide, Study Shows
Healthline
August 6, 2013
New Ultrasound Patch Heals Wounds in Just Four Sessions
Healthline
August 4, 2013
Coronary Artery Disease Remains Top Silent Killer Of Women
Healthline
July 30, 2013
Is Thermal Face Scanning the Next Best Way to ID Everybody?
Healthline
July 17, 2013
Rats Communicate Mind-to-Mind With Aid of Brain Implant
Healthline
July 12, 2013
What’s in a Cough? New Method Detects Pneumonia Using Only a Microphone
Healthline
July 3, 2013
Scientists Trace Human Reproduction to Two Tiny Mutations 500 Million Years Ago
Healthline
June 27, 2013
New Blood and Hair Test Can Measure Your Sugar Consumption
Healthline
June 23, 2013
Compound Alzheimer’s Drug Could Regenerate Lost Brain Connections
Healthline
June 18, 2013
Hormone Treatment May Reverse Effects of Alcohol on Unborn Children
Healthline
June 15, 2013
Angry? Think Again: Self-Awareness Changes the Body’s Anger Response
Healthline
June 5, 2013
Novel Skin Test Could Replace Animal Testing for Drugs and Cosmetics
Healthline
May 30, 2013
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Slideshows

Title

Publication

Date

6 Symptoms of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Healthline
February 4, 2014
7 Treatments for Reactive Arthritis
Healthline
February 4, 2014
9 Simple Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol
Healthline
January 9, 2014
Facts About LDL: The "Bad" Cholesterol
Healthline
January 9, 2014
Severe Allergy: Symptoms & Treatments
Healthline
December 16, 2013
Lupus Prognosis: How Does It Affect My Life Expectancy?
Healthline
November 20, 2013
How Ann Romney Tackled Her Multiple Sclerosis
Healthline
November 15, 2013
How Does Caffeine Affect ADHD?
Healthline
October 23, 2013
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Medical Encyclopedia

Title

Publication

Date

Distinguishing Types of Chest Pain
Healthline
December 8, 2015
Testosterone Levels by Age
Healthline
March 23, 2015
Night Terrors
Healthline
January 6, 2014
Alienation
Healthline
December 2, 2013
Eyelid Disorders
Healthline
November 14, 2013
Hemianopsia
Healthline
November 8, 2013
Amnesia
Healthline
October 8, 2013
Agnosia
Healthline
September 16, 2013
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