CancerINCYTES Archive
By: Luis Gay When you give a college student a marker, a blank piece of paper, and an opportunity to express what is going on in their lives, the results may be solemn: "Drug addiction runs in my …
By Luis Gay In the past, whenever a cancer drug was created and released, people became excited. However, no one blinks an eye anymore because new treatments cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, far out of reach for many cancer …
By: Kristine Alarcon There is a growing number of pediatricians who decided to go beyond a check up of their child patients. Some are looking into their family history and digging deeper. Doctors, including Dr. R.J. Gillespie, are taking into …
By: Luis Gay Ly Thi Minh, a Vietnamese woman, has returned home after four years of forced marriage in rural China. In April of 2011, three young men invited her and her two sisters to a festival. Once they were …
By: Luis Gay A viral campaign is subtly helping domestic abuse victims with the help of a simple black dot. The Black Dot Campaign encourages victims to draw a black dot on their hand as a nonverbal signal for help. …
By Mario Trucillo, PhDIf you’ve ever had a medical procedure, taken a prescription, or care for someone that does, there’s something you ought to know. While doctors always seek to give proper care and treatment, sometimes the prescriptions have inherent …
By: Linda Jacobs Many children experience untold stress during and after a divorce. We know stress can cause undue harm to our mental and physical health. Now we understand through much research that a child’s learning ability is also affected. …
By: Kristine Alarcon “Frequent fliers” is a small group of people who spend their time continuously in and out of jail. They are often incarcerated for nonviolent crimes instead of receiving the help they need. “Frequent fliers” may face homelessness, …
By: Charmaine Santos At the young age of 10 yrs. old, Ivan Nunez was bullied for his cough and the lump in his neck. Classmates avoided him and he couldn’t make friends because they were in fear of catching his …
By: Janice Tjeng Edited by: Juliana Zhu, Esq. Unseen Chains is a film that tells the story of a young girl who is manipulated into a domestic minor sex trafficking ring. Domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) is the commercial sexual exploitation …
