Marc Lallanilla
Background
Marc Lallanilla is the Health Editor for The Post, where he covers everything from brain-eating amoebas and celebrity psychoses to exotic disease outbreaks and āmonkey dustā addicts. Lallanilla has worked for ABC News, Johns Hopkins Medicine, A+E Networks, Everyday Health, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health and the Los Angelesź¦æ Times. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley and U.T. Austin, he lives in New Yorkās Hudson Valley.
Latest Articles
Areź¦ you aging well? Here are the 7 signs geriatricians look for in older adults
Get a hobby ā if not, "your brain is going to gź¦o to sludge because itās not getting any stimulation," said one healthy aging expert.
Cause of morning sickness in pregnancy finally revealed ā with potential treatment: new stšudź©µy
"When I was pregnant, I becaš me so ill that I could barely move without being sick," said one of the medical researchers.
ź¦ Poison control got 3,000 calls due to Ozempic overdošses this year
One overdoseš case involved a 50-year-old man who accidentally gave himself 5ā0 units instead of 5 units of semaglutide.Ā He vomited for two days and had nausea for a week.
Has the '100-day cough' come to the US? Experts reveal how to stay safe this holiday season
"Bump elbows with grandma, and donāt lį£et her kiss the new babies," advised one medical expert.
COVID-19 hospitalizations jump 30%: 'Virus is still very much with us'
š "COVID has not disappeared, although it may have gone from many people's minds," said one medical expert.
Wš³hat is chronic fatigue syndrome? Hereās how patients live with ā and fight ā the disease
"I was not unlike the many who met with physicians for more than a decade, only to be told it was my imagination," sš¦aid one patient.
What is the boiled eggā± diet aļ·½nd does it actually work?
People who followed the boiled egg diet reported some short-term success with it. "5 lb down in 1ā week!" said one dieter on TikTok.
Long-suspected link between cašts and schizophrenia could bāe real: new study
"We found that individuals exposed to cats had approximately twice the odds of developing schš izophrenia," researchers recently revealed.
Two new cutting-edge sickle cell treatments approved by FDA despite side effectās
The U.S. Food and Dršug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a pair of gene theraāpies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment based on the breakthrough CRISPR gene editing...
Deadly monkeypox strain kills an alarming 1 in 10 people, CDC warns ź¦
šØ "The virus variant is known to be more virulent. If it adapts better to human-to-human transmission, that presents a risk," said one expert.
š¦¹ Ibą¹uprofen gelatin cocktail touted on TikTok as method to delay periods ā but is it safe?
"I drank two ibuprofens and I šdrank gelatin ... and that stopped my period," Cardi B bragged.
Cocoa extract has cognitive benefits, new study finds ā here's how much to eat
ź¦ In case you missed it, chocolate and cocoa have been heralded in a number of studies for possible hšealth benefits.
This superfood could lower the risk ź§of breast cancer: new study
Flaxseed - one of nature's superfoods ā can also help lļ潚ļæ½ower total blood cholesterol and LDL or "bad" cholesterol levels.
Stress-eating comfort food makes stress worse, study finds ā here's why and what to eat instead
"To see such aš„ significant difference in how their bodies recover from stress when they eat fatty foods is ą¦staggering," said one researcher.
Gotta go? 8 easy and aš“ffordable home remź¦”edies that could cure your constipation
ā When you're as backed up as the Holland Tunnel, these easy home remedies might help get things moving again.
Most Americans don't know they have prediabetes ā hereās how to check for yourself
80% of people with prediabetes don't know it, accordiāng to the CDC.
Holiday suicides are a myth šā December has the fewest of any month
According to a new study, news outlets play a significant role in the public's mispercepātion about that. "Let's not sensationalize the risk of suicide," said one mental health expert.
Even 'good' cholesterol is bad: Study finds high HDL linked to dementia
A survey of 18,000 people aged 65 and older showed that those with a HDL reading ofš 80 mg/dL were at a signifiź¦cantly greater risk of developing dementia.
How to tell if someone is high on dšrugs ā and what you can do to help
"With alcohol,Ā any of the depressants, any opiateą¹s, any barbiturates or benzodiazepines, can be very dangerous," one expert told The Post. ā
This much exercise helps your brain fź©²unction after a bad nightās sleep
ź¦¬ "We know that exercise improves or maintains our cognitive performance, even when oxygen levels are reduced," said one expert.