Scientists are scrambling to figure out more about the vaping illness that has sickened roughly 1,300 and killed at least 29 in the U.S. … Continue reading “Why is vaping sickening and killing people? Experts don’t know yet.”
Women are more likely than men to experience symptoms of depression, and some of that difference has to do with hormones and stress, experts … Continue reading “Hormonal changes, stress may fuel women’s depression”
Bernie Sanders’ recent heart attack has raised questions about whether he should continue his presidential campaign. But a person’s health should never be used … Continue reading “Op-ed: Health status shouldn’t disqualify people from contributing to society”
Why is vaping-related lung illness seen by health officials, politicians, and the press as a public health crisis, even though other public health problems … Continue reading “Exploring why vaping-linked lung illness is a ‘crisis’”
Learning from peers—whether it’s a faculty member learning from another faculty member or a student learning from a fellow student—is an important component of … Continue reading “The benefits of peer learning”
Many products used to store or secure guns are poorly made and easy to break into, and standards for gun safe security are inadequate, … Continue reading “Locking up firearms—although imperfect—can reduce gun-related deaths, injuries”
There’s been more and more news lately about the presence of “forever chemicals” in the environment. These widely used chemicals—whose technical name is “per- … Continue reading “A primer on ‘forever chemicals’”
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history—has received far too little attention as it poses significant … Continue reading “DRC Ebola outbreak unlikely to be stopped without U.S. intervention”
People who ate a daily half-serving of nuts (about a handful) instead of the same amount of refined grains, red meat, or dessert gained less weight over a 24-year study period than those who ate nuts less frequently.
Adults age 72 and older with mild cognitive impairment who drank more than 14 alcoholic drinks a week were 72% more likely to progress to dementia over an eight-year period than those who drank less than one drink a week.