War: A Human Made Disease
How the effects of war have imprinted PTSD in civilians and paralyzed populations in states of ill mental health By: Maria Mian Content...
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UTIHP
- Feb 22
- 5 min
Why You Might Not Be Able to Find a Family Doctor
How the national physician shortage limits effective patient care By: Esther-Joelle Asare The Starting Point The international physician...
UTIHP
- Feb 15
- 3 min
Answering a burning question: what is the evolutionary cause of eczema?
By: Juliette Blais-Savoie 15-20% of children and 1-3% of adults globally suffer from eczema (1), many of them itching to know the true...
UTIHP
- Feb 3
- 4 min
FYI…Booster Shots Will Extend the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Maria Mian As the world welcomed 2022 with hope for better times, it added yet another year to the COVID-19 pandemic that has...
UTIHP
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Racial Disparities in Healthcare Perpetuated with Genetic Risk-Factor Diagnostics
By: Juliette Blais-Savoie Genetics has become a highly influential branch of medical science. Since the completion of the human genome...
UTIHP
- Jan 18
- 4 min
Three Considerations for the Implementation of Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare Systems
By: Esther-Joelle Asare The global climate crisis presents a need for urgent responses from institutions in all sectors. When regarding...
UTIHP
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Blastomycosis Outbreak in Constance Lake First Nation Community
Fungal infection outbreak in northeastern Ontario leading to deaths in a First Nation community By: Dalainey Gervais In late-November of...
UTIHP
- Dec 21, 2021
- 4 min
Bias Bleeds: Challenging Racial Disparities in the Healthcare System
How race-adjusted algorithms amplify structural inequities By: Esther-Joelle Asare While our understanding of race and human genetics has...
UTIHP
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Manufactured scientific controversies: What they are and the harm they cause
By Juliette Blais-Savoie Vaccine controversy, intelligent design, and climate change: while these topics alone may seem disconnected,...
UTIHP
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
The Discovery of Insulin: Barriers to Access 100 Years Later
By Semini Beragama Introduction The successful discovery and innovation of medicines and medicinal procedures is, undoubtedly, one of...
UTIHP
- Nov 26, 2021
- 3 min
Mosquito Distribution and Not-So-Tropical Diseases
By Juliette Blais-Savoie Tropical forests are well known to be hot spots for infectious diseases. This is due to the high prevalence of...
UTIHP
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Climate Change: The New Global Health Epidemic
By: Dalainey Gervais Disastrous climate events are happening around the world, with forest fires raging through British Colombia and...
UTIHP
- Nov 15, 2021
- 5 min
The ‘opt-out’ system of organ donation- why it is a good idea
By Ira Samir Rasam Introduction “Donate your body to science.” While a noble thought, more often than not, it is not a reality. Organ...
UTIHP
- Nov 9, 2021
- 5 min
Water, Water...But it’s Not Everywhere
How Water Scarcity Could Affect Half The Global Population By 2025 By: Maria Mian The globe is home to almost 8 billion individuals, all...
UTIHP
- Nov 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Importance of Childhood Vaccines - Why Do They Matter?
By: Sarmitha Sivakumaran The childhood routine immunization schedule ensures that children are vaccinated against many preventable...
UTIHP
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19 Booster Shot Debate Exposes Global Health Inequality
By: Juliette Blais-Savoie The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed massive inequality in global healthcare, and debate over providing third...
UTIHP
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
The Mental Health Treatment Gap: Why it Exists and What Is Being Done
A reflection on our unfair approach towards mental health issues in developing countries, and what we can do to fix it By: Semini...
UTIHP
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Shai-Osudoku Teenage Pregnancy Initiative
By Jasmine Ryu Won Kang The Shai-Osudoku Teenage Pregnancy Initiative (SOTPI) is a bold step forward taken by the Yayra-Si Youth...
UTIHP
- Apr 16, 2021
- 5 min
Neglected Tropical Disease Highlight: Onchocerciasis
By: Daisy Liu The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is far-reaching and felt all over the world. This includes elimination programs in...
Daisy Liu
- Apr 2, 2021
- 5 min
Programs on Pause: The Impact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS and TB Programs Around the World
Aside from the direct changes to daily life necessitated by COVID-19, the pandemic also has other serious impacts on other programs and...
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