Funny Bone
Originally published in the Winter/Spring 2015 print edition
Electronic Cigarettes: Vapor and Mirrors
By Morgan Lord Electronic cigarettes have been marketed as the safer, cleaner way to smoke. However, without Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation and oversight, the long- and short-term health effects of these en vogue e-cigarettes remain unknown. In the sea of e-cigarette advocates and critics, there is one thing that everyone can agree on—e-cigarettes […]
Thyroid Cancer on the Rise
Diagnosis increasing, but many questions left unanswered By Heidi Kiec When Rebecca Smith felt a lump on her neck the Friday of Memorial Day weekend in 2013, she spent the next three days being paranoid that it was lymphoma. “When I found out I had papillary thyroid cancer, it was a relief to me,” says Smith, […]
