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Published July 24, 2017—Stories in Medicine (University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix Narrative Medicine Blog)   By Dara Farhadi   Boston’s only needle exchange program has a clear bathroom policy. Sarah Mackin, the program’s director, designed a system where each person that uses the restroom gets three minutes. Once the outside timer goes off after…

One man’s odyssey from mystery illness to emergency heart surgery Published April 30, 2014—Arizona Daily Wildcat By Dara Farhadi In April of last year, Bryan Chabot, a 27-year-old from East Tucson, wasn’t feeling well. With symptoms of high fever and vomiting, he was constantly drowsy and tired, said Nichole Romeo, Bryan Chabot’s fiancee. At the…

Published October 23, 2014—Arizona Daily Wildcat By Dara Farhadi It’s no surprise some students use Adderall to study for an exam. Let’s turn the tables and study Adderall’s biological effects on us.According to a survey conducted by Campus Health Service last year, about 13 percent of UA students admitted to using attention deficit hyperactivity disorder…

Published November 12, 2014—Arizona Daily Wildcat By Dara Farhadi While soldiers are fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, researchers are trying to understand the psychology behind why people are joining the fundamentalist group and the physiology of deception to protect U.S. borders.This past June, ISIS released videos in English to recruit people in…

Published February 18, 2017—Boston University News Service By Dara Farhadi & Erica Andersen Boston University School of Medicine students and faculty were incensed by the presence of infamous former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli on their medical campus Wednesday, holding up signs in the hallways and organizing last-minute protest events to voice their displeasure.  Once dubbed…