Leana S. Wen is a public health professor at George Washington University and an opinions columnist at The Washington Post. She specializes in health and wellness, covering a range of topics including aging, mental health, digital health, and healthcare technology. Leana's insights have been featured in numerous publications, including CNN, Gulf News, and The Santa Fe New Mexican.
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Leana S. Wen's coverage primarily focuses on health and healthcare-related topics, with a strong emphasis on data-driven insights and government announcements related to public health policies. She covers a wide range of topics such as health policy, obesity, nursing home vaccination rates, exercise, lifestyle changes, COVID-19 vaccination rates and respiratory illnesses.
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By: Leana S. Wen
Vaping nicotine is not an approved method to stop smoking cigarettes. It also comes with harms.
By: Leana S. Wen
New research shows how cigarette companies brought their addiction playbook to the food industry.
By: Leana S. Wen
Vaccine misinformation isn’t new. These tried-and-true methods work to combat it.
By: Leana S. Wen
Polycystic ovary syndrome was always a misnomer. Its new name will help women get proper treatment.
By: Leana S. Wen
Understanding how companies designed these products is key to reforming the food system.
Many readers had questions about the name change for PCOS. Here’s why it matters.
A new study found that physical and cognitive gains in later life are surprisingly common.
The holiday weekend will be dangerously hot. Here are some health tips.
By: Leana S. Wen
The publication of the study in another journal doesn’t erase the troubling questions raised by its suppression.
Decline in old age isn’t inevitable. Here’s what older adults can do to prevent it.
