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 worked൲ for ABC News, Johns Hopkins Medicine, A+E Networks, Everyday Hea🦂lth, 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
💫 Fake Ozempic is putting desperate users at risk — how to spot knockoffs ﷺ
"We’ve had people give themselves tenfoldꦡ overdoses right off the bat," said one poison control expert. "Boy, were they sick.”
Would you volunteer for a nasal swab after a long flight? Why the CDC wants you to 𒁏
"How do you prevent a pandemic? You catch something really early,💞" said one health expert.
꧂ Is lemon water really a good detox? Th🌄e science behind the trendy claims
While the outlook on fashionable infused waterജ is decidedly mixed, one fact is irrefutable: Water is good for your health. ♈
Want t🍬o live 6 years longer? Follow this 8-step checklist to slow biological aging
ജ "Everyone wants to live longer, yet more importantly, we want to live healthier longer so we can have good qual🌞ity of life,” said one medical researcher.
𓂃 ♏ What is a stress rash? How to manage hives caused by anxiety
"We don't know how or why the skin responds to your stress hormones," saꦫid one expert, "but we know how to fiꦫx it."
Daylight Savings and the NYC Marathon: Will it impact runners' health?
This fall, daylight savings time (DST) officially ends at 2:00 a.m. on No🅰v. 5 — the same day as another annual ritual, the New York City Marathon.
𝕴 Can vitamins cause cancer? Viral claim of risk increas🐽e may be bunk
"The real focus should not be on supplements, but on eating a healt🧸hy diet," said one group of medical experts.
Your salt shaker 𝔉might be giving you Type 2 diabetes: new study
The average US ad♔ult consumes about 3,400 milligrams of sodium per day — much more t🎐han the recommended daily maximum of 2,300 mg.
12 household products that contain toxic PFAS — how to protect against 'forever chemicals'
PFAS "are going to 🉐be with us as a legacy," said one expert. "Once they’re there, they’re not going away."
PFAS 'forever chemicals' in drinking water can be removed — here's how
Consumer safety experts warn that boiling water does not remove PFAS - nor do whole🅠-house water-softening or iron-filtration systems.
Foods that mꦿimic Ozempic revealed — the best ones for weight loss
Health experts know there are plenty of high-fiber foods that have an effect on the body ve༒ry similar to Ozempic🍰 and other new weight-loss drugs.
Satisfy your carvings this Halloween with pumpkin seeds — a secret 'superfood' with spooky-good health benefits
Pumpkin seeds are a rich source of fiber, antioxid🌠ants and mi𒈔nerals, including manganese, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc and iron.
How safe are ultra-caffeinated drinks? Doctors weigh in after student's death linked to Panera Bread
Plant🐻s evolved with caffeine as a pesticide to defend against insects - and for some people, caffeine can be just asꦬ dangerous.
Why COVID sufferers in the US can't get ensitrelvir, the antiviral drug better than Paxlovid
Ensitrelvir,🅺 marketed as Xocova in Japan — the only country where it's legally available — has several advantages 🅠over Paxlovid.
New 'Portfolio diet' wins American Heart Association approval with easy food 'investments'
"You can ✃take your own diet and make a few small🅷 changes and see cardiovascular benefits," said one Harvard expert. "We need to get the word out."
What is Captagon? 'Poor man's cocaine' is a favorite of Mideast militants
Some experts estimate that ex𒁃ports of the illegal stimulant Captagon from Syria reached $3.𓆉5 billion in 2020.
What is ashwagandha? Doctors debate controversial 'glizzy pills' herbal supplement risks, benefits
Ashwagandha is also known as Indian ginseng - or as "glizzy pills" to TikTokkers in the know.🎐 🐭
Gisele Bündchen's secret energy booster: What is lion’s mane mushroom and what are its benefits?
"I’ve been taking lion’s mane mushroom 🐟for a while, and it really helps me focus and boost my energy," said Gisele Bündchen🌼. "I love it!"
No timꦜe to go outside? Even watching nature videos can improve mental health: study
The mental-healꦅth benefits of nature videos could greatly help people in in✅stitutional settings or neighborhoods without access to natural landscapes.
Yellow fever, scourge from the 1800s, is coming back — and the US is woefully unprepared 🏅
There is no cure for yellow fever, and up to ꦏ60% of people who deve✅lop a severe form of the disease will die, according to the CDC.