Melinda Wenner Moyer is a science and health journalist. She is the parenting columnist for Slate. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.
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Illness and disease
A bug for Alzheimer’s?
A bold theory places infection at the root of Alzheimer’s, explaining why decades of treatment have done little good
Melinda Wenner Moyer
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Food and drink
Against the grains
A carbs-rich diet has been blamed for the alarming explosion of obesity and chronic disease. What does the science show?
Melinda Wenner Moyer