While some may still think of millennials as a young generation, the truth is, those at the upper end of that generational range are now in their 40s. Instead, the new kids on the block are Gen Z, a group whose youngest members are still in elementary school but whose oldest members are college graduates. These […]
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Study increases knowledge of the genetics behind aortic aneurysm
A new study increases knowledge of the genetics behind aortic aneurysm, a disease that can spark life-threatening events like aortic dissections and ruptures. University of Michigan Health-led researchers compared blood samples from more than 1,300 people who had a thoracic aortic aneurysm with more than 18,000 control samples, in partnership with U-M's Cardiovascular Health Improvement […]
Gen Z Doesn't Know Nearly Enough About HIV
For members of Generation Z, the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 90s is something they maybe learned about in textbooks. Certainly the worst of the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States happened well before they were born in the late 90s and early 2000s — and a lot has changed […]
Gen Z Leaders Put Menstruation in the Spotlight on National Period Day
Periods get a bad rap. They’re messy and uncomfortable — not to mention the butt of misogynistic (and cheap) jokes. Periods are more than a crummy punchline, though; they’re also something that half of the nation’s population deals with for an average of 40 years. And on Saturday, Oct. 19, thousands of people will gather […]