by Susan Keown | Jan 19, 2025 | ScienceWire
New member Malissa Rodenburg cowrote a new piece in Run about how air quality affects runners. She and her coauthor take a look at what can be in dirty air and what scientists know of how the various gases and particles affect different systems of the body. So what’s...
by Susan Keown | Sep 30, 2024 | ScienceWire
For Slate, Katie MacBride traces a thread from the publication of the groundbreaking book “Silent Spring” through today’s wellness influencers touting “all-natural” products. She examines the connotation of “chemical” with “toxic” and, conversely, “natural” with...
by Susan Keown | Aug 21, 2024 | ScienceWire
New research on the molecular mechanisms of inflammatory bowel disease points toward potential avenues for treatment, writes Heidi Ledford for Nature. IBD is a catch-all term for a variety of intestinal diseases involving chronic inflammation, with pain, diarrhea, and...
by Susan Keown | Dec 16, 2023 | ScienceWire
In STAT, Wudan Yan covers a first-of-its-kind experimental program in North Carolina that helps at-risk families access healthy foods and safe housing. The program aims to address some of the social factors that can have major impacts on health. Yan talks to several...
by Susan Keown | Jan 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Writing for neo.life, Robin Donovan (@RobinKD) explains that muscle loss, loss of strength and loss of function — sarcopenia — has a big impact on the quality of life and even lifespan of many people, but yet few have heard of it and there is little research on it....
