
Katia Savchuk
Magazine Journalist at Freelance
Freelance magazine journalist. Words @NewYorker, @atavist, @Forbes, @MotherJones, @marieclaire, @PacificStand, @washingtonpost, etc. Member @sfgrotto.
Articles
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Mar 4, 2025 |
scopeblog.stanford.edu | Katia Savchuk |Gordy Slack |Erin Digitale
When Davron Jones' therapist prescribed fruits and vegetables, he was skeptical. The 52-year-old Alameda, California, resident was struggling with depression and alcohol addiction, as well as diabetes and a heart condition. His therapist, who worked at a community health clinic in nearby Oakland, thought improving his nutrition could help.
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Jan 29, 2025 |
scopeblog.stanford.edu | Katia Savchuk |Ruthann Richter |Erin Digitale
They're in the water we drink, the food we eat, the clothes we wear and the air we breathe. They've pervaded every ecosystem in the world, from coral reefs to Antarctic ice. And they've infiltrated the human body, lodging themselves in everything from brain tissue to reproductive organs. Microplastics -- plastic fragments up to 5 millimeters long -- are inescapable.
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Nov 19, 2024 |
gsb.stanford.edu | Katia Savchuk
When you’re checking out at an online store, it’s increasingly common to get a prompt inviting you to toss in a few bucks to a good cause. Your decision to give (or not) may feel like a reflection of how generous you’re feeling in the moment. Yet how you respond to these “microgiving” requests — including how much you donate — is also influenced by the information and options you see on the screen.
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Nov 19, 2024 |
forbesindia.com | Katia Savchuk
Every year, an estimated 800,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled after a medical misdiagnosis. More than a million die as a result of complications from manageable chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. Dr. Robert Pearl, former CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, has traced these dismal outcomes to a toxic culture among doctors and a broken healthcare system that puts corporate profits above patients’ well-being.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu | Katia Savchuk
Social scientists are using new methods to study pivotal societal turning points in real time. What they are learning could shape how policymakers address democratic backsliding, environmental crises, and other key challenges of our time. Some events like the French Revolution, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Fidel Castro seizing power in Cuba fundamentally transform societies and how people within them live.
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