More infectious COVID-19 variants are spreading in the U.S. at the same time as cases are falling and the national vaccination campaign is picking up steam. Put it all together, a Harvard epidemiologist said Friday, and it may all add up to a lucky break for us, and we may […]
More than two years after her near-fatal drug overdose, singer Demi Lovato is opening up about the details and how it has affected her life. On Wednesday, the trailer for Lovato's new YouTube documentary, "Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil," premiered—the singer's way of telling her fans and the public […]
Skeletal muscle is the largest tissue in the human body and is responsible not only for locomotion but for energy metabolism and heat production. Age-related muscle atrophy reduces motor function and contributes to the need for nursing care. In addition, muscle atrophy associated with various chronic diseases is known to […]
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, with an estimated 79 million Americans currently infected with the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If a high-risk HPV infection does not go away, it can lead to the development of a variety of cancers, […]
Canada’s population is rapidly aging, but is it aging well? In our November 2020 report “Ageing Well,” we found both good and bad news. The good is that Canadians are living longer. Back when medicare became the backbone of our health-care system about 60 years ago, seniors made up 7.6 […]
Another day, another announcement about a COVID-19 vaccine. Whether that’s talk of results from clinical trials, emergency approval or plans for countries to prioritize certain groups for vaccination. But we still don’t know if current vaccines prevent disease and also prevent people transmitting the virus to others. This not only […]
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men in the United States. One in nine men will be diagnosed during his lifetime. When diagnosed, a patient’s disease is graded from 1 to 5 based on how aggressive it is, with 5 being the most aggressive. Those with […]
When a coronavirus—including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19—infects someone, it hijacks the person’s cells, co-opting their molecular machinery for its own survival and spread. Researchers at Gladstone Institutes and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, in collaboration with scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF) and Synthego Corporation, have identified critical molecular processes in […]
Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, affecting almost 44 million people worldwide. Despite decades of research, genetic factors that predispose individuals to LOAD are not clearly understood. With a growing elderly population in the U.S. and many other developed countries, there is […]
This article originally appeared in the December 2020 issue of Men’s Health. JAIME MELINE and MICHAEL RENDER, a.k.a, El-P and Killer Mike, hip-hop powerhouse Run the Jewels, released their latest, RTJ4, two days earlier than planned—a decision fueled by the urge to address racial injustice protests. The album felt like […]