Mar 19, 2023 | Blog
By Gianna Costello, JHBL Staff Member South Beach, Intermittent Fasting, Paleo, Keto – diet fads seem to renew with the seasons. The latest in these diet fads is Ozempic. Ozempic is an FDA approved injectable medication used to manage Type 2 diabetes. The drug rose...
Mar 5, 2023 | Blog
By John Dube, JHBL Staff Member Introduction Maternity care in the United States inadequately serves pregnant people. Compared to all other industrialized nations, the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality, with more than one infant death for every 5,000...
Feb 27, 2023 | Blog
By Lilly Cushman, JHBL Staff Member Recent developments within in the Massachusetts legislature compel us to consider an impossible question: what is your body worth to you? Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives have proposed a bill that would give...
Feb 20, 2023 | Blog
By Emily Nelson, JHBL Staff Member Despite the beauty of bringing a child into the world, childbirth can be a terrifying and violent experience that leaves mothers with lasting trauma. Over the last few centuries in the Western world, childbirth has become a medical...
Feb 12, 2023 | Blog
By Gwendolyn Colando, JHBL Staff Member In early January 2023, the FDA decided to allow pharmacies to dispense mifepristone, better known as the abortion pill, to those customers with a prescription.[i] As states continue to enact stifling abortion laws, the FDA’s...
Feb 5, 2023 | Blog
By Daniel Cornellier, JHBL Staff Member With the Biden administration set to end the national emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous policies in place are set to expire, leaving many Americans wondering, “what now?”[1] Given that COVID has given...
