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It’s fall, which means it’s time to get updated on the winter season shots. That includes vaccines for flu, RSV (for babies and the elderly) and, for anyone six months or older, COVID-19. While the new mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech have dominated the COVID-19 vaccine story, there is another type of shot that … Read more

As the saying goes, there’s an app for that. And inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is no exception. IBD is an umbrella term for chronic inflammation-related conditions affecting the digestive system, most commonly Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Both can result in waves of symptoms, typically called flares or flare-ups, involving diarrhea, stomach pain, fatigue, … Read more

You may not be a political pundit or consider yourself any type of expert on the upcoming presidential election. But you still have influence—at least with the people you’re closest to. “The conversations we have with family and friends and colleagues and acquaintances could matter more than almost anything else that happens in a campaign,” … Read more

The premiere of the first-ever season of The Golden Bachelorette has been on my calendar for months. I can’t wait to watch 24 men who have aged exceedingly well climb out of their limos and greet the star, Joan Vassos, on Sept. 18 at the Bachelor Mansion. I’ll pay special attention to a few of … Read more

A landmark new study published in the Lancet estimates that antimicrobial resistant pathogens, or AMR, will kill more than 39 million people by 2050. The study also predicts that 169 million deaths will be associated with drug-resistant infections by that year. “These findings highlight that AMR has been a significant global health threat for decades … Read more

Carin Luna-Ostaseski still recalls the shock of discovering her periods had become monsoons. Short monsoons, she clarifies—her cycle went from lasting a week to two to three days—but still monsoons. She realized she was going through at least one tampon every hour. Then, more confusion: Earlier this year, partway through a flight, she became convinced … Read more

Technology is changing the world faster than ever—but medicine still doesn’t move quickly enough when it comes to adopting innovations that prevent harm and make patients safer. When the Institute of Medicine in 1999 released a landmark report on just how common medical errors were, patient safety jumped onto the radars of hospitals across the … Read more

The numbers are hard to ignore. Around the world, 148 million children experience stunted growth, 45 million suffer from wasting, and nearly half of all children who die every year die from malnutrition. “Even for kids who survive [malnutrition], their ability to be physically and mentally at their full potential is such a big thing … Read more

Not long ago, Mark Chiverton, a 33-year-old in the U.K., noticed he was making a lot of silly mistakes. He’d mix up words when writing emails, or blank on a basic term while talking to his wife. None of these slip-ups were all that concerning on their own—but they were happening frequently enough that Chiverton … Read more

When people are strong and reliable, we describe them as solid, yet the human body is about 60% water. Let’s face it: even the toughest among us is less like concrete, and more like a walking water balloon. Water is essential to most of our bodily functions, like carrying nutrients to our cells and keeping … Read more