Mandy Oaklander

Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. She writes and edits health news.

Recent Articles

How Much Salt Is Safe?

Warnings abound that we're overloading on salt, but earlier in September a study found that sodium wasn't significantly linked to high blood pressure in people who were not hypertensive. How to make sense of it all? Start here.

By Mandy Oaklander

HIV Treatment Works, CDC Says

Encouraging people to seek treatment is key

By Mandy Oaklander

Plastic Chemicals During Pregnancy Linked to 70% Increased Asthma Risk

You won’t easily find the word “phthalate” on a label, but the group of sticky chemicals that help make plastic flexible (and help make fragrances “stick” to your hair, face, or skin) may have unintended...

By Mandy Oaklander

Alzheimer's Disease and Heart Disease Share Risk Factors

The two seemingly unrelated conditions may be driven by similar unhealthy states, including high blood pressure and diabetes.

By Mandy Oaklander

Male-Pattern Baldness Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

A specific kind of baldness is linked to aggressive prostate cancer, finds a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.Researchers analyzed the self-reported hair-loss patterns from 39,000 men enrolled in the Prostate, Lung,...

By Mandy Oaklander

Meditation Shortens Migraines By 3 Hours

Can you namaste your migraines away? A new, small study published in the journal Headache suggests that meditation may help relieve the intensity and duration of migraines.Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center assigned 19...

By Mandy Oaklander

Why Inflammation Matters for Diabetics

Anti-inflammatory medications might someday be used to lower the risk of certain kinds of disease among diabetics, found a new study presented at the American Heart Association’s High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions 2014.In the...

By Mandy Oaklander

Skimping on Sleep Messes With Your Memory

Skimping on sleep wears down your body in so many ways: it worsens cognitive function, slows reaction time, and makes learning more difficult. (The list goes on and on: after reading our new feature about...

By Mandy Oaklander

The Link Between Sunny Days and Suicide

Sunshine's complex effect on suicide and depression

By Mandy Oaklander

Eating Fish May Save Your Hearing

Add hearing loss to the long list of things you can prevent with a little bit of fish.A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found a strong connection between eating two...

By Mandy Oaklander

The Truth About Salt and Blood Pressure

Sodium has long been labeled the blood-pressure bogeyman. But are we giving salt a fair shake?A new study published in the American Journal of Hypertension analyzed data from 8,670 French adults and found that salt...

By Mandy Oaklander

Study Finds Link Between Prediabetes and Cancer Risk

A new study published in Diabetologia shows a link between prediabetes–when blood sugar levels are higher than normal but don’t yet qualify as diabetes–and cancer.More than one in three U.S. adults 20 years and over...

By Mandy Oaklander

What to Know About Respiratory Illness Enterovirus D68

Updated Monday, Oct. 6A 4-year-old boy in New Jersey has died from Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), a respiratory virus that’s dominated flu season this year, Reuters reports. The virus was noted as the cause of death...

By Mandy Oaklander

HPV Vaccine Cut Rates of Genital Warts 61%, Study Finds

The HPV vaccine is working for young women in Australia, suggests a new study published in the journal PLOS One.Researchers analyzed a database of more than 1 million patients and found that since Australia began...

By Mandy Oaklander

Sleeping On Animal Fur Can Lower Asthma Risk

Study says sleeping on animal fur is associated with a lower risk of asthma in infants

By Mandy Oaklander

Debate Over E-Cigarettes Lights Up

The debate over the safety of e-cigarettes, and whether they will help smokers to quit, or simply make it easier for them to start or continue lighting up, heated up this week.On one side of...

By Mandy Oaklander

No, Wearing a Bra Will Not Give You Breast Cancer, Study Shows

Ladies, that swath of fabric snapped around your rib cage is not a death trap. A new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found that among 1,500 women, there was no association between...

By Mandy Oaklander

These Are The U.S.'s Most Obese States

More states reach historic highs of obesity

By Mandy Oaklander

E-Cigarettes Are 'Gateway Drug'

Nicotine, in any form, can prime the brain for harder drugs

By Mandy Oaklander

In Defense of the Pumpkin Spice Latte

A chemist defends the lack of pumpkin in fall's favorite drink

By Mandy Oaklander
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