If you did not already know, America's healthcare system does not cover eastern medicinal treatments (e.g. ginseng roots for your tea). Yet, before the creation of the our medical system (approximately the 1920s), many Americans were relying on traditional methods. That makes me think, why doesn't t

Like the name suggests, this forum is about ongoing news in our world that pertains to the category of health and young scientists. However, don't let that restrict you. Here, we discuss controversies in the sciences, emerging geniuses, what the public should have knowledge of when making their heal

Recently in my English class, we were watching a TedTalk by Jack Andraka who at the age of 15, found an affordable method to cure cancer. To sum Andraka's story up, he had a close family member who died due to pancreatic cancer. As a result of this devastation, he was motivated to research why dea

Just to get this part of the forum started, I want you to ask yourself: what is life? In technicality sense, there are 7 characteristics of life: 1. responsiveness to the environment 2. growth 3. the ability to reproduce 4. have a metabolism 5. maintaining homeostasis 6. being made of cells 7. the