Joanne Silberner

Doing an AMA on Reddit now about hypochondria bit.ly/3AZyvlI

Richard Cash, who died this week, played a major role in developing oral rehydration therapy, which has saved tens of millions of lives npr.org/sections/goats…

Thirty years ago I did a series of stories on Toby Quitslund's fight against breast cancer for NPR. Here's an update, put together by the brilliant @Kevin_Kniestedt for @KUOW kuow.org/stories/on-bai…

NPR has reposted the story I did for Undark on the need to regulate noise. All good! Though with last week's Supreme Court decision limiting rulemaking by federal agencies, I think it will take a new act of Congress, literally, to get the EPA going. npr.org/sections/shots…

The Reagan administration defunded an EPA noise control division, leaving us with little federal help in fighting harmful, everyday noise. undark.org/2024/06/20/opi…

Do you think that taste is limited to the tongue? Do you think that only certain parts of the tongue can recognize specific tastes? Nah! nytimes.com/2024/05/29/sci…

I moved to an island for the quiet. Turns out to be a good thing for my health. scientificamerican.com/article/everyd…

Mild cogntive impairment or full-blown dementia - what happens to writing ability? undark.org/2024/04/12/ess…

A hug is worth a thousand pictures. nytimes.com/2024/04/08/hea…

@lauriemcginley2 @washingtonpost @WSJ @latimes @KFFHealthNews Best of luck, Laurie, and congratulations!

Personal news: After a decade working on the stellar @washingtonpost health and science team, I'm leaving at the end of the year. It's been a wonderful 4.5 decades in journalism, including @wsj, @latimes and @KFFHealthNews. To the many people who helped me -- a big thank you!

@marynmck Their loss - or really, their readers' loss. And they will lose readers.

@ddiamond @uereinhardt Did a story once on what kind of health care moms of politicians and policymakers got. Uwe was happy to tell me his mother got free A+ care, including several weeks at a wonderful health spa every year. Then he gave that sly smile and said, 'of course, she lives in Germany.'

found this under a stack on my desk, and it’s like I pulled a Mickey Mantle rookie card

@HelenBranswell Yes please!

I have an invitation code for the other place if anyone wants it.

How do you bring attention to a disease that is "neglected-neglected"?statnews.com/2023/10/25/nom…

It's hard to think about now -- everything is hard to think about now -- but once the traumatizing events are over it will be good to think about recovery. I talked to Robert Jay Lifton before the current war started. He has some ideas. npr.org/sections/goats…

Brilliant narrative on the meaning and role of dust. Who knew? A fun (and worrisome -- my beloved EV is a culprit) read. @hautepop theguardian.com/news/2023/aug/…

Private equity’s intrusion into US healthcare Bad things can happen when capitalism meets medical care, writes @jsilberner bmj.com/content/382/bm…

The model for short-term medical missions to foreign countries used to be: fly in, give care, leave. Things were starting to change when COVID ended missions entirely. They're getting going again. How're they doing? npr.org/sections/goats…

@SarahMackAttack ooh child (things are gonna get easier) by the Five Stairsteps-- works for me!

Do you have a “high anxiety moment, let’s calm down” song? My nerves feel like they’ve all been electrocuted and I need some reassuring/calming vibes for this walk home.

Scientists are working on the connection between the gut microbiome and mental health. npr.org/sections/healt…