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 “monkey dust” addicts. Lallanilla has worked for ABC News, Johns Hꦯopkins Medicine, A+E Networks, Everyday Health, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health and the Los Angeles⛎ Times. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley and U.T. Austin, he lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Latest Articles
Which cold remedies actually work — if an🔜y? Experts weigh in
Sinus medications don't "have a lot of evidence t🎀hat they're super effective at improving cough or common cold sym✨ptoms," said one expert.
Vegan diets can improve hea🐬lth ဣin just a few weeks — if you can stand it, study of twins finds
The study revealed that although a vegan diet is undoubtedly healඣthy, people who were assigned to eat only plant-based meals were much less satisfied with their diet.
Step on it! Walking this fast can cut type 2 diabetes risk by almost 40%: study 🍌
Experts recommend that people get 150 minutes per week of moderateꦿ-intensity physical activity - like a brisk walk.
Here's another reason to worry about what happens when you sit all day
Sitting is the new smoking, many health experts say, as sedentary lifestyles havꦿe a serious impaꦆct on our health. Here's yet one more issue that can arise.
Are you taking enough vitamin D? Experts♔ say it should be much more than you think ♎
⛎ The current US recommended amounts of vitamin D might be too low for some people, especially those with heart problems.
Almost half of Gen Z are 'germaphobes' and handwash 10-times or more daily
Nearly a third of Gen Z wash their hands between 11 and 20꧑ times each day, or 🐻roughly once every hour.
Is coffee good or bad for your health? W♍eighing the pros and cons of your ♒morning joe
Some people - but not everyone - ☂may benefit from drinking coffee on a daily basis. Find out if the habit is right for you.
New evidence that ultra💞-processed foods are li🌳nked to cancer: study
To researchers' surprise, the increa𝓀sed risk had little to do with junk food's link to obesity — meaning the danger of developing cancer is twofold for some.
🙈Mystery illness striking dogs may finally be identified: new report
It seems that t🗹he canine illness is caused by “a funky bacterium" that's never beenღ seen before —- and doesn't even have a name yet.
Eating red meat and dairy could help fight cancer: 'intriguing' new study
But — to the dismay of many — the study authors stop short of advising people to chow down on more red meat and dairy. 𝄹
Depression ꦛsymptoms eased within a week using TMS magnet therapy: new study
Using magnets to treat depression sounds like a mad scientist's scheme — ﷽but it actually works.
Hangover from red wine? Science may f🅷inally be able to answer why some are left with splitting headaches ♉
Medical experts and wine lovers have tried for years to determine what causes the debilitat꧒ing result — now they believe they know.
Zombie deer disease spreads: 'There may also be a risk to people'
Ma🦩ny regions of the country are on the alert for the illness in wild and penned animals. Here's what you need to know about CWD.
Over 400 patients warned of HIV,♍ hepatiti𝐆s exposure in US hospital
The medication errors, which occurred during improper administration of IV drugs, involved patients who neඣeded an endoscopy.
Common cholesterol drug may reduce breast cancer deaths: new study 🎐
"It is well-documented that statin use can decrease the risk of heart attack and stroke🔴, and now we're seeing data that it has other benefits as well," said one cancer...
Adriana Lima and her postpartum look: 7 com꧟mon cꦜhanges new moms face
🧸 "The face of a tired mom of one 𝓰teenage girl, two pre-teens, one active boy, a one-year-old learning to walk, and three dogs ... thanks for your concern," said Lima.
Get your COVID, flu and RSV shots before Thanksgiving: heal꧃th experts
ไ The f൩lu "is not just a cold. It is a serious disease that can land you in the hospital and sadly, kill people, too,” said one health expert.
What to eat — and what🍸 to avoid — to ward off dementia 🌸
Medical researchers are discovering how everyday foods c𝓀an contribute to the risk of declining br🃏ain health and dementia.
What is the New Mayo Clinic 🍒Diet? How it works and what to eat
"It doesn’t feel restrictive at all to me,” said one dieter, who lost over 40 pounds in six months. “I like 💦that freedom.”
First face-and-eye combo transplant makes history at NYU Langone: 'Grateful beyond words'
"You would never think he underwent such a procedure so 🐽recently," said the lead surgeon. "He looks great." ✨