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I am a part-time freelance writer seeking more clients. My specialties are health & nutrition, animals (wild and companion) and environmentalism. I have a BA in English from the University of Virginia and three years of post-graduate experience as a professional writer.
The samples in this online portfolio are organized by topic. If you are interested in hiring me, please contact me via email or LinkedIn.
Health & Nutrition
Same day total joint replacement (TJR) is when a patient has TJR surgery and goes home from the hospital the same day, without staying even one night. Studies show that people are more satisfied after TJR surgery when they recover at home versus in a hospital.
What is the best diet for a healthy sex life? While there isn't a definitive answer, there are certain dietary deficiencies that can impede optimal sexual health. Sexual dysfunction manifests in different ways. You may never feel like having sex. Or you may want to have sex, but you have trouble achieving physical arousal.
Nick Moukazis used to weigh 530 pounds. At that size, he wasn't able to fit in a seat in the theater for his 10-year-old daughter's dance recital. He had to wait outside until the show was over. When his daughter came out, Nick was waiting with a bouquet of roses for her.
In case you haven't heard, we have a fertility crisis on our hands. Sperm counts in western men are now half of what they were forty years ago. Unfortunately, scientists haven't yet pinned down a definitive cause for the crisis, but that doesn't mean there's nothing men can do to protect or increase their fertility.
From protein powders to creatine to nitric oxide boosters, there are tons of workout-enhancing supplements on the market. But did you know that you can boost your workout performance simply by eating certain foods? It's true! Studies have shown that whole foods often work better than supplements for boosting workout performance.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a pilot program that will allow recipients of SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, to purchase groceries online. Seven retailers, including Amazon and FreshDirect, will be participating in the program.
On average, doctors get less than 24 contact hours of nutrition training in all four years of medical school. In fact, one study found that only 30 percent of United States medical schools required even one course specifically about nutrition.
Animals
The Sirius Institute has a whole section on its website devoted to dolphin-attended childbirth. They claim that for 30 years women have been giving birth in the Black Sea with dolphins, and that these children "develop six months faster over their first six months, have perhaps 150 grams more brain weight and are ambidextrous."
You may already know that sharks give birth to live young. But would you be surprised to know that sharks self-abort or deliver prematurely when they're captured?
Beagles are one of the most popular dog breeds in the United States. They're known for being great family pets, but there's a lot that you probably didn't know about Beagles.
Factory farming—which supplies the vast majority of the world’s meat—is far more unethical than whaling.
I recently came across a story about a controversial new science project: growing human organs inside pigs, cows, and sheep. It works by first removing the gene that a pig needs to make the desired organ--say, a pancreas.
Environmentalism
David Katz wanted to accomplish two goals: Clean up the oceans and help the poor. His solution? Plastic currency. But could it really work? In 2013, Katz created Plastic Bank, a for-profit social business that pays poor people to collect plastic from rivers, canals and beaches and then sells the recycled material to other companies.
We deserve this. We deserve atmospheric CO2 levels of 400 parts per million. We deserve rampant flooding in coastal cities and disappearing islands. If New York City actually does sink underwater in 100 years, we'll deserve that too. We, with our gas-guzzling cars, our landfills, our central AC units, and our 99 cent quarter pound burgers, deserve this.
We tend to just flush waste and not think about it again, but scientists are realizing that human waste is an incredibly valuable and largely untapped resource. Human waste technology can produce clean water, power, and aid in medical research. The best part is that energy from human waste is far m...