
Opinion: Make 2023 the year of prioritizing women’s health
Thirty years ago this week, the bill that became the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 — a game changer for research on women’s health — was introduced …
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Thirty years ago this week, the bill that became the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 — a game changer for research on women’s health — was introduced …
Read MoreThe brains of Black adults in the U.S. age more quickly than those of white and Hispanic adults, showing features linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias as early as …
Read MoreTerry Wilcox’s grandmother lived in an isolated house at the top of a hill overlooking the magical mountains and valleys of the Ozarks until, as she tells it, “the day …
Read MoreMy grandmother lived at the top of a hill overlooking the magical mountains and valleys of the Ozarks until the day we literally had to drag her off of it. …
Read MoreIn mid-April 2020, as Covid-19 shutdowns and lockdowns were being put in place across the U.S., my grandmother’s health started to decline. With so many unknowns, the assisted living facility …
Read MoreSending weak electrical current into the brain for 20 minutes a day for four days in a row reversed declines in working and long-term memory that come with aging, scientists …
Read MoreThis story has been excerpted from the STAT Report “The race for longevity: How scientists — and industry — are seeking to extend healthy lives.” Beating back the diseases of …
Read MoreIn a high-stakes evolutionary gambit, female mammals are born with a finite supply of immature eggs. Propagating future generations depends on this reserve of pre-egg cells, or “primordial oocytes,” staying …
Read MoreThe death certificate made everything worse. Seth Fischer was already angry: a physical feeling, an overwhelming internal buzz. He would go for runs, only to find himself passing the white …
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