Year: 2023

Mecca McCain remembers being as young as 11 when she first began cutting herself with a steak knife hidden in her bedroom. The University of Miami junior remembers experiencing drastic … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

This year’s British Science Week theme is “connections” and throughout the week we’re highlighting how UKHSA science is carried out in partnership with a wide range of organisations. In this blog UKHSA Chief Scientific Officer Isabel Oliver looks at how these partnerships can benefit both health and society.   When it comes to protecting health … Read more

After nine months spent as a growing life in someone else’s body, the second a baby is born, they begin growing life in their own body: colonies of tiny bacterial cells ready to begin populating a baby’s gut microbiome. This microbial starter pack is a sort of going-away present from the mother’s body, acquired by … Read more

As I entered the homestretch of my treatment for an eating disorder, over 10 years ago, my therapist and I talked about how I’d navigate the real world and keep myself healthy once our therapy came to an end. “Healthy” for me meant eating regular meals, not starving myself or restricting food, and not making … Read more

Almost half of women over 40 have dense breast tissue, which is tied to a higher risk of breast cancer — and also makes it harder to detect cancer. View original article Contributor: David Ovalle

“Spring forward” and “fall back” irk many Americans, but they don’t agree on an alternative. View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond

My mother was one of more than 1 million Americans who died of covid. We are a nation awash in grief, an experience of loss that forced us to find new ways to mourn — and carry on. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun

Almost half of women over 40 have dense breast tissue, which is tied to a higher risk of breast cancer — and also makes it harder to detect cancer. View original article Contributor: David Ovalle