Most treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD) only slow disease progression. Early intervention for the neurological disease that worsens over time is therefore critical to optimize care, but that requires early diagnosis. Current tests, like…
Category: 5. Health
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Ticks carry decades of history in each troublesome bite
When you think about ticks, you might picture nightmarish little parasites, stalking you on weekend hikes or afternoons in the park.
Your fear is well-founded. Tick-borne diseases are the most prevalent vector-borne diseases – those…
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Gay Men’s Health Crisis showed how everyday people stepped up when institutions failed during the height of the AIDS epidemic – providing a model for today
The story of the AIDS movement is one of regular people: students, bartenders, stay-at-home mothers, teachers, retired lawyers, immigrants, Catholic nuns, newly out gay men who had just arrived in New York, and many others. Some had lost…
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Mapping America’s Invisible Pollutants: A Landmark Study on PM1
What are the health implications between particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution and PM1 pollution, which are the diameter in microns? This is what a recent study published in The Lancet Planetary Health hopes to…
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Mapping America’s Invisible Pollutants: A Landmark Study on PM1
What are the health implications between particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution and PM1 pollution, which are the diameter in microns? This is what a recent study published in The Lancet Planetary Health hopes to…
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The Second Coming Of Personal Health Records
Trellis Health Co-Founder and CEO Estelle Giraud
Two decades ago, some of the biggest names in tech attempted to transform how individuals manage their health data. Microsoft’s HealthVault and Google Health both launched with bold…
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Second Patient Death After Gene Therapy: Implications For The Future
As we continue our series exploring genetic medicine, both in this story and in Destiny’s Child No Longer: Rewriting Genetic Fate, gene therapy stands at a crossroads. On June 16, Sarepta Therapeutics announced a second patient death following…
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When you lose your health insurance, you may also lose your primary doctor – and that hurts your health
When you lose your health insurance or switch to a plan that skimps on preventive care, something critical breaks.
The connection to your primary care provider, usually a doctor, gets severed. You stop getting routine checkups. Warning…
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When developing countries band together, lifesaving drugs become cheaper and easier to buy − with trade-offs
Procuring lifesaving drugs is a daunting challenge in many low- and middle-income countries. Essential treatments are often neither available nor affordable in these nations, even decades after the drugs entered the market.
Prospective…
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Nostalgic foods and scents like fresh-cut grass and hamburgers grilling bring comfort, connection and well-being
Walking around my neighborhood in the evening, I am hit by the smells of summer: fresh-cut grass, hamburgers grilling and a hint of swimming pool chlorine. These are also the smells of summers from my adolescence, and they remind me of…
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