Leah Rosenbaum

6 days ago | sciencenews.org | Leah Rosenbaum

Not all cell walls are created equal. Take the peculiar makeup of the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium’s cell wall. It might play a role in lingering symptoms of Lyme disease — the most common tick-borne infection in the United States. That makeup might also be key to developing new treatments for the disease, researchers report in two studies published April 23 in Science Translational Medicine.

1 week ago | secondopinion.media | Leah Rosenbaum |Christina Farr

As women entering our late thirties (Chrissy) and early forties (Leslie), one of the big questions we’ve been grappling with lately is how menopause should be categorized. It’s a hectic life stage for most women due to family, work and caregiving responsibilities. And for some lucky women, light in terms of menopause symptoms. For others, it represents something closer to an experience of a disease, given the physiological changes that women experience and the fluctuations in hormones.

3 weeks ago | military.com | Leah Rosenbaum

This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. It started in 2017 with a group of friends and colleagues—the first 40 clients whom U.S. Army veterans Scott Greenblatt and Bill Taylor signed up to help. They had come home from combat zones weary and weakened by illness and injury, with a promise of monthly disability payments from the country they served.

3 weeks ago | l8r.it | Leah Rosenbaum

It started in 2017 with a group of friends and colleagues—the first 40 clients whom U.S. Army veterans Scott Greenblatt and Bill Taylor signed up to help. They had come home from combat zones weary and weakened by illness and injury, with a promise of monthly disability payments from the country they served. But first, they had to navigate the lumbering bureaucracy of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Soon, those 40 veterans grew to 275 a month. Then 275 soared to 500.

3 weeks ago | motherjones.com | Leah Rosenbaum

This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. It started in 2017 with a group of friends and colleagues—the first 40 clients whom US Army veterans Scott Greenblatt and Bill Taylor signed up to help. They had come home from combat zones weary and weakened by illness and injury, with a promise of monthly disability payments from the country they served.