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Today is my second (or maybe third?) day with a sore throat and strep infection. I’m having a hard time swallowing and speaking. I had...

We just returned from a 10-day vacation in Europe, and I want to put my experience into words—first, to solidify the memories for my...

Today, I thought about the cartoons my son watches— Paw Patrol  and PJ Masks . It’s hard not to go a little crazy watching how...

Today, my mind is dancing around the word “merhamet.”  It translates as mercy, compassion, grace, loving-kindness. One of God’s names...

This morning, my mind wandered into the idea of self defense. Walking downtown, I often feel a manageable level of unease—just enough to...

Yesterday, I took my kids to their piano lesson at Melody Magic Studios . The teachers there are not just educators—they’re musicians in...

Pizza is everywhere in the U.S.—and not just on dinner tables. It’s in school cafeterias, office parties, airport terminals, and birthday...

It is pouring today in RVA. My son was asking "Mommy, why does it rain?" I told him the clouds have so much to carry and they have to...

Clinical trials are often called the gold standard in medical research — and for good reason. They’re designed to test whether a...

Have you ever wondered how survival probabilities are calculated? Well, even if you haven’t, here are my study notes to spark your...

Every treatment we use today—from common painkillers to cancer therapies—has gone through a rigorous process called clinical trials....

This week in my 602 course I learned about the Poisson distribution. The Poisson distribution is a fundamental tool in statistics for...

👶🥗 Pregnancy & Healthy Eating — We’ve Got Work To Do A new NIH study reveals a surprising truth: most people in the U.S. don’t follow...

🧠🥦 Want to age well? Your midlife diet really matters -- big time.  A new long-term study in Nature Medicine followed 100,000+ people...

Do you suffer from joint pain? Do you love crusty, crispy breads, toasted breads, and chips? These could be linked! In Turkey, bread is a...

What Does It Mean to Change? I was born naked, like all of you. I went to school as normal. 🙂 When I started college, I began wearing a...

Sometimes our experiments get very complicated and there are some tricks that can help prepare better. Today I want to share with you...

In my last post, we talked about what happens when a cell becomes a cancer cell. Today, let’s talk about environmental and preventable...