Chemical Warriors, Part 3: Over the Rainbow UCLA Center for the Study of Women Science & Medicine Environmental justice and health movements raise awareness of the insidious nature of everyday chemical exposures and their alarming consequences for the health of our bodies and natural environments.
Black Americans May Be More Resilient to Stress Than White Americans Shervin Assari Science & Medicine White Americans live on average 3.6 years longer than black Americans. If you look only at men, the difference becomes 4.4 years. As I found in a recent study, the main reason behind this disparity is that...
What Scientific Gobbledygook! Systems, Uncertainty and “Known Unknowns” Michele Battle-Fisher Science & Medicine, Society & Culture This is the inaugural article for my new open-science journal venture, Orgcomplexity. It was published as "Uncertainty, health and the teetering social contract." I am excited to be the Founding editor....
Go Breast or Go Home: Natural Motherhood and Breastfeeding’s Return Jessica Martucci Arts & Culture, Gender Studies How did we come to be in this moment, when breastfeeding is both increasingly mandatory and simultaneously impossible, burdensome and laborious?
The Immortality Diet: How Diet and Age Intersect Katherine Wu Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine We are not meant to live forever. But for as long as life has existed, organisms have been battling to forestall death by any means possible. The diet industry has promised many things--but can it add...
From The Kitchen To The Lab: How Sushi Dinners May Lead To New Pain Therapies Vivian Chou Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine A closer look at what happens when we eat wasabi and other spicy foods has unlocked new possibilities for pain management.
Are Dietary Supplements Dangers in Disguise? Liana Kresch Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine The FDA’s current categorization of dietary supplements as food products comes with high risks, allowing supplements to escape required safety and efficacy studies.
