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Published in Elemental

·Feb 3, 2021

Is a Lab-Grown Uterus the Future of Reproductive Health?

Mats Hellström, PhD, a bioengineer at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, is trying to make science fiction a reality: Grow a uterus in the lab, and make pregnancy possible…

Fertility

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Is a Lab-Grown Uterus the Future of Reproductive Health?

Mats Hellström, PhD, a bioengineer at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, is trying to make science fiction a reality: Grow a uterus in the lab, and make pregnancy possible…

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Published in Elemental

·Jan 26, 2021

Fascinating Facts About Nostrils

In Before Times, what fascinated me the most about the sense of smell was the fact that odors often trigger strong memories. (One of the scientific explanations for that is that smells take a direct, unfiltered route to brain areas related to memory and emotion.) …

Health

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Published in Elemental

·Jan 25, 2021

Will the Mutated U.K. Coronavirus Strain Lead to More Deaths?

Today, U.S. pharmaceutical company Moderna said that its coronavirus vaccine seems to be effective against the new coronavirus variants that have emerged in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Overall, that’s good news, especially in light of the scary headlines about the U.K. strain you might have seen over the…

Vaccines

1 min read


Published in Elemental

·Jan 4, 2021

Scrap Any Restrictive Diets From Your New Year’s Resolutions

The new year can spur the urge to make changes to your lifestyle. Diet advice tends to be heavily marketed this time of year with claims of benefits to health and self-esteem. But diets are often restrictive and exclusionary, and even if they provide short-term benefits, they tend to be…

Food

1 min read


Published in Elemental

·Dec 24, 2020

Why You Should Binge-Watch Your Favorite Movies This Christmas

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in 2020, it’s that human beings can forge connections on screens to temporarily replace real face-to-face human interaction. And I’m not just talking about daily Zoom calls with your colleagues. …

Film

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Published in Elemental

·Dec 22, 2020

It’s Okay to Have a Drink When You’re Stressed. (But Read This First.)

“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. “Everyone telling you, ‘Be of good cheer,’” sings Andy Williams in his 1963 holiday tune. But this holiday season, it might take a little more than a nostalgic song to get…

Alcohol

1 min read


Oct 20, 2020

Love Over Safety?

What Metallica has to do with me pondering whether I should travel to Germany for Christmas and spend time with my parents. In a normal year, I would see my parents (70 and 68 years old) at least twice. They would fly to the best city in the world for…

Covid 19

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Love Over Safety?
Love Over Safety?

Oct 15, 2020

Europe is Kinda Screwed

I’m European, and today’s headlines disheartened me. With an average of more than 100,000 new infections per day over the past week, Europe now accounts for about one-third of new cases reported worldwide, the New York Times reports. That means the “Old World” has overtaken the U.S. in new cases…

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Europe Is Kinda Screwed
Europe Is Kinda Screwed

Published in Medium Coronavirus Blog

·Aug 26, 2020

Why Do Men Fare Worse With Covid-19?

Men are nearly twice as likely to become severely sick and die from Covid-19 compared to women, research has shown. Now, a new study from Yale, published on Wednesday in Nature, gives new clues as to why men fare so much worse with the coronavirus. It’s the first study to…

Coronavirus

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Why Do Men Fare Worse With Covid-19?
Why Do Men Fare Worse With Covid-19?

Published in Medium Coronavirus Blog

·Aug 26, 2020

The Latest: What if you can’t prove you had Covid-19?

Dear Reader, This is Felix Gussone, Elemental’s senior health editor, filling in for Alexandra, who’s recharging her batteries after nearly six months of nonstop Covid-19 coverage. 😱 At this stage of the pandemic, we understand significantly more about the virus’ long- and short-term symptoms, testing, and treatment options. But what…

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