Sustainable Textiles: Protecting Your Health and the Planet
YMyHealth looks at how we can buy more products made with sustainable textiles and how important they are for environmental health and human health. We talked with May Myo Myint of the California Product Stewardship Council and graduate student at University of California, Davis. Sustainable textile manufacturing prioritizes eco-friendly dyeing and printing techniques. These techniques not only reduce chemical exposure for consumers but also significantly decrease water pollution, making them an environmentally conscious choice.
The Impact of Fast Fashion on Fashion and Health
YMyHealth dives into the impact of fast fashion on the environmental health and human health, including microplastics, greenhouse gas emissions, and harmful skin irritations. We talked with Environmental Specialist May Myo Myint, of University of California, Davis.
How to Follow a Vegan/Vegetarian Diet without Compromising Your Health
Are you a millennial with a chronic condition and considering a vegan diet? Look no further! This guide provides tips on how to follow a vegan/vegetarian diet without compromising your health. Learn about nutritional needs, meal planning, and balancing your chronic health issues with a plant-based diet.
COVID and Dental Problems: What’s Changed Post-Pandemic?
Has our oral health declined since COVID? Learn more about how the pandemic has affected dental health here.
What is the effect of COVID-19 in orthodontics?
YMyHealth sits down with the Dr. Tyler Rathburn to discuss COVID-19’s impact on orthodontics.
The Health and Environmental Benefits of Plant-Based Diets
Learn more about the environmental and health benefits of following a plant-based diet.
Surviving Colorectal Cancer with Eleanor Ross
YMyHealth sits down with colorectal cancer survivor, Eleanor Ross, to learn more about her story.
What Environmental Factors Cause Thyroid Problems
How does the environment impact thyroid health? Learn from Dr. Max Blumberg of the University of California San Francisco what you can do to identify and lower your environmental risk factors for thyroid problems.
Pharmaceutical Pollution: How Medication Impacts the Environment
Learn more about the effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment with Dr. Alexandra Yarborough.
The Impact of Careers on Millennials’ Health
Learn more about the effect of work on millennial health.
Environmental Health Education: New YMyHealth Series
YMyHealth’s kicks off its new series on environmental health and millennials.
Dr. Alexandria Yarborough Answers Our Pharmacist Questions
Alexandria Yarborough, PharmD, has been working on the frontlines of healthcare long before the term, ‘frontline healthcare worker’ became popular during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Dysautonomia Awareness: Living with POTS
Summer Dashe always knew she was destined to be a journalist. While most kids do not become what they say they want to be when they grow up, Dashe’s decision was cemented when the foundation of her life was shaken, literally.
Mental Health and Disability: A Constant Intersection
Alexandra Ayaub is a podcaster and content creator from Michigan in her 30s, who is also a millennial living with a disability.
Life as a Thyroid Cancer Survivor: One Millennial, Vanessa Steil’s Story
Steil was healthy and symptom-free at the time of her diagnosis in 2013. So how did she get diagnosed?
Force Multiplier: Keeping Physicians in Healthcare through Hybrid Careers
“There is loneliness in the rest of society not understanding that even as COVID fades, we are not the same people as we were a few years ago,” she said, knowing from firsthand experience.
Millennials’ Relationship with Identity and Disability
What makes you feel like you? The pronouns you go by? Your politics? People in your life accommodating your chronic illness in thoughtful ways?
Veteran & EMS Doctor Shares How Healthcare Workers Are Suffering Moral Injury, Not Just Burnout
Millennial, combat veteran, and emergency medicine doctor shares how healthcare workers are suffering moral injury, not just burnout.
How Diabetic Sam Bickford’s Passion for Adventure Made a 444-mile Bike Ride a Reality
When you have a chronic illness, it can feel like you are always having to compromise on what you want to do. As a millennial with type 1 diabetes, I can tell you firsthand that this isn’t true. You can go on an adventure with type 1 diabetes, but it requires flexibility and adaptability.
Dr. Sarah Bernstein Shines a Light on Why We Should Rethink Our COVID-19 Risk
“I think one of the biggest misconceptions by millennials about chronic illness and now COVID-19, is that there is a big gap between the number of people who are at risk for serious disease and those people who realize they are at risk. The reality is, 50% of people have an increased risk,” Bernstein said.