Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
Chronic NCDs: The Invisible Epidemic and the Looming Threat to Global Health
Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are currently the leading cause of death in the world...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Sep 1, 2022
- 4 min
Skin Cancer: A Growing Public Health Crisis
Skin cancer is a global epidemic approaching millions of cases annually on a worldwide scale. The prevalence of skin cancer varies...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Aug 30, 2022
- 4 min
Animal Testing: Looking Towards a Sustainable Future
This paper aims to compare the animal testing policies of the United States to countries in Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Aug 30, 2022
- 4 min
The Psychology Behind Mask Wearing Behavior
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been several concerns regarding wearing masks, politically, socially, or scientifically...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Aug 29, 2022
- 2 min
The Iniquity of Environmental Pollutants on the Health of the Impoverished
Environmental pollutants and their adverse effects on impoverished people’s health are interrelated...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Aug 29, 2022
- 4 min
Climate Change’s Lesser-Known Evil Twin: Ocean Acidification and How it Affects Human Health
It has long been known that there are long-lasting side effects to the increasing levels of carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Aug 28, 2022
- 4 min
The Rise of Fake News in the Age of COVID-19 and How We Can Combat It
Although fake news is hardly a new topic, it has risen immensely in recent years...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Aug 11, 2022
- 4 min
The Hidden Cost of COVID-19 in the United States: Depression, Substance Abuse, and Suicide
David Woo, Crean Lutheran High School, Irvine, California, USA For the past two years, to say that the coronavirus pandemic has dominated...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Jun 13, 2022
- 4 min
Can Herd Immunity Indicate the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Gahyun Lee, Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong, SAR China Summary Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, herd immunity is often mentioned...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Feb 27, 2022
- 6 min
The Future of Vaccine Inequity
Josh Russman, Solon High School, Solon, Ohio, USA Introduction Thirty-seven percent of the world is vaccinated against COVID-19, yet this...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Feb 26, 2022
- 7 min
The Obesity Epidemic: Why and How
John Voudouris and Alexander Janczewski, Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario Introduction This statistic may shock you–or perhaps...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Feb 23, 2022
- 5 min
The Impact of Missing Diversity in Human Genetics on Global Health
Sarah Yim, Seoul International School, Seongnam-si, South Korea When the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, it was referred to...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Jan 25, 2022
- 4 min
An Overview of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Fast-Progressing Cancer of the Bone Marrow Cells
Annie Hu, Collierville High School, Collierville, Tennessee, USA Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) is a type of cancer that occurs in the...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Jan 13, 2022
- 5 min
Monoclonal Antibodies as a Cancer Treatment: Past, Present and Future
John Voudouris, Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada For decades, scientists have been perplexed by one of the world's most...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Jan 5, 2022
- 5 min
The Looming Diabetes Epidemic in Developing South Asian Countries
Samay Boorgu, Florence High School, Florence, Alabama, USA SUMMARY According to a 2020 report of the International Diabetes Federation,...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Jan 4, 2022
- 4 min
Minuscule Particles, Massive Impact: How Nanomedicine is Changing the Global Healthcare System
Daliya Rizvi, Langley High School, McLean, Virginia, USA Science fiction films and dystopian novels often warn us of post-apocalyptic...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Dec 30, 2021
- 5 min
Blood Tests: An Accessible, Non-Invasive Technique to Diagnose Localized Cancers
Namrata Venkatesan, Jesuit High School, Beaverton, Oregon, USA There are over 100 types of cancer, and approximately 1 in 2 people will...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Dec 27, 2021
- 5 min
COVID-19–Induced Global Food Insecurity: A Hidden Syndemic
Ella Dean, Saline High School, Saline, Michigan, USA https://doi.org/10.51627/PGHR.2021.12.00075 After being declared a pandemic by the...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Nov 24, 2021
- 6 min
3D Bioprinting: The Next Generation of Additive Manufacturing in Medicine
Kavish Saini, Downingtown STEM Academy, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, USA Over 17 people die each day waiting for an organ donor, according...
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Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review
- Nov 12, 2021
- 5 min
A Solution to Hunger and Food Wastage Using a Technology-Facilitated Social Supply Chain
Ria Mirchandani, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, Missouri, USA https://doi.org/10.51627/PGHR.2021.11.00073 In 1624, the English poet...
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