The efficacy of a new Alzheimer’s drug is under scrutiny after it was granted accelerated approval by the Food and Drug Administration this month. Leqembi, a treatment developed by Japanese biotech company Eisai and American biotech Biogen, has demonstrated more success in trial studies than any Alzheimer’s drug before. A recent study published in the...
Senior Jaiden Frantz received the award for best student presentation from the Michigan Entomological Society Research Conference last fall for her research on mayflies. But this fall, she’s heading off to law school. “I think over time, she realized that pre-med was not for her and she was really interested in pre-law to be a...
There’s an underground renaissance in wellness culture. Whether it’s advertisements like those of MUD/WTR offering coffee replacements or your hippie cousin swearing by a capsule to aid your memory problems, mushrooms are the stars of the alternative health world at the moment. There are many reasons people venture into alternative medicine. Some people don’t trust...
When junior Steve Weideman noticed a family friend with autism struggling to find care during quarantine, he decided to create an app called Unique Care Connect that would help autistic individuals everywhere connect with local care providers. Growing up, he said, his best friend’s brother Chris had severe intellectual disabilities. Spending time with Chris inspired...
If you’re a Hillsdale student, chances are high you’ve been asked what your Enneagram type is. Although the Enneagram—a personality test based on nine different personality types—is popular among Hillsdale students, personality tests as a whole are a good conversation starter, Assistant Professor of Psychology Benjamin Winegard said. Other well-known tests include Myers-Briggs, Big Five,...