In the United States, the number of deaths that didn’t have to happen has risen over time.
From 2009 to 2019, the average rate of avoidable deaths rose by 33 per 100,000 people across the country, researchers report March 24 in…
Category: 5. Health
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A deep brain stimulation volunteer discusses life after depression
In this bonus episode of The Deep End, listen to an interview with Jon Nelson. He’ll share how he’s doing these days, now that his depression is gone. You’ll hear about the work still ahead of him, which may be lifelong. And…
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Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers
Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers.
That’s the key finding of my recent study,…
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A Key Trigger of Immune Overactivity is IDed
The immune system is crucial to our health. It must sense pathogens and respond to these threats effectively. But the immune system also has to be carefully controlled. If it starts to attack healthy tissues,…
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A Plan For Living Better, Longer
Peter Attia has developed the “centenarian decathlon” — which involves creating a training program … More
Longevity…
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A Match Made Indigenous: Celebrating Incoming Native Resident-Physicians
Annually on the third Friday of March, after years of grueling exams and countless hours of studying, medical students in their final year of medical school find out what U.S. physician-residency programs they matched with. Amidst this…
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A High-Fat Diet Weakens Immunity in a Mouse Model
Obesity rates have been steadily rising around the world for many years. Obesity has been linked to a variety of health problems including metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular…
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Trump Administration’s Attack On DEI Threatens Health For Everyone
A woman holds a cardboard sign reading ‘Tubal ligation of Trump’. Thousands of women and men take to … More
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Groundbreaking light-driven method to create key drug compounds
Traditionally, chemists have relied on well-established but limiting methods to synthesize these molecules. The new research, co-authored by Kevin Brown, the James F. Jackson Professor of Chemistry in the College, and Professors Xiaotian Qi, Wang…
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Peacekeeper cells protect the body from autoimmunity during infection
During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens that are expressed by cells of the body. If not, the immune system can mistakenly attack its own…
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