by NIAAH Editors | Mar 8, 2022 | Our Health
Monica Dus, University of Michigan People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that food also “talks” to our genome, which is the genetic blueprint that directs the way the body functions down to the...
by NIAAH Editors | Feb 28, 2022 | Our Health
Alexis Karteron, Rutgers University – Newark President Joe Biden made good on his promise to nominate the first Black female justice to the Supreme Court when he announced that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was his choice on Feb. 25, 2022. Jackson is currently a...
by NIAAH Editors | Feb 28, 2022 | Our Health
COVID guidelines have changed a lot over the past few years as the pandemic has ebbed and flowed. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Michael Williams, University of Virginia No one gave a second thought to the safety of dining out before the pandemic. Fast-forward to today, and it’s...
by NIAAH Editors | Feb 22, 2022 | Medical Experts & Research, Our Health
James Dillard, Penn State In the recent film “Don’t Look Up,” two astronomers learn that a comet is on track to collide with Earth and destroy human civilization. When they try to sound the alarm, all manner of obstacles get in their way. In the end, well, you’ll have...
by NIAAH Editors | Jan 30, 2022 | Medical Experts & Research, Our Health
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia People are understandably worn out, tired of thinking about COVID-19 and wanting to get back to a true normal. This so-called “pandemic fatigue” is real. But it’s also contributing to lapses in COVID-19 precautions and...
by NIAAH Editors | Jan 9, 2022 | Our Health
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Their guest, he said, was his “soul brother.” “He has...