Approximately one-third of births in the US are C-sections, a strikingly high proportion compared to similarly developed countries. Yet despite their frequent occurrence and contrary to popular belief, C-sections are riskier than vaginal births: Bloo...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh '22 is a Staff Writer for the Culture Section of the Brown Political Review. Madeline can be reached at madeline_noh@brown.edu
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Approximately one-third of births in the US are C-sections, a strikingly high proportion compared to similarly developed countries. Yet despite their frequent occurrence and contrary to popular belief, C-sections are riskier than vaginal births: Bloo...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
In 2007, the U.S. military invested in its most costly social science endeavor to date: the Human Terrain System (HTS). HTS cost the Pentagon $750 million and deployed 31 “Human Terrain Teams” into war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq before the Oba...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
In 2007, the U.S. military invested in its most costly social science endeavor to date: the Human Terrain System (HTS). HTS cost the Pentagon $750 million and deployed 31 “Human Terrain Teams” into war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq before the Oba...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
The United States is home to the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world. In particular, African American women suffer the worst health outcomes in birthing and pregnancy. African American women are three to four times more likely t...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
The United States is home to the highest rate of maternal mortality in the developed world. In particular, African American women suffer the worst health outcomes in birthing and pregnancy. African American women are three to four times more likely t...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
Dubbed “liquid gold,” human breast milk is packed with nutrients and immune factors that provide a variety of health benefits to newborns. In recognition of the vast benefits of breastfeeding, countries across the globe have set up modern milk ba...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
Dubbed “liquid gold,” human breast milk is packed with nutrients and immune factors that provide a variety of health benefits to newborns. In recognition of the vast benefits of breastfeeding, countries across the globe have set up modern milk ba...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
Author’s Note: The author is a cisgender person with very limited personal experience on the topic of transgender health. She wished to write on the topic because she believed it was one of importance, and intended to approach it in a sensitive...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
Author’s Note: The author is a cisgender person with very limited personal experience on the topic of transgender health. She wished to write on the topic because she believed it was one of importance, and intended to approach it in a sensitive...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
Mental illness is extremely common across the world, but attempts to achieve a universal understanding of such disorders are flawed. Unpacking the complex sociological phenomenon of the practice of diagnosis reveals that culturally insensitive metho...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh
Mental illness is extremely common across the world, but attempts to achieve a universal understanding of such disorders are flawed. Unpacking the complex sociological phenomenon of the practice of diagnosis reveals that culturally insensitive metho...
Madeline Noh
Madeline Noh