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Marcus Banks

Marcus Banks

Marcus Banks worked as a health sciences librarian for 15 years. After lo those many years, he’s given up the library cubicle for the journalist’s notebook. He is very happy to be at SHERP.

A view of the Hudson River.

Dive Right into the Hudson River

 Environment
• June 14, 2019

Despite perceptions that the Hudson is not fit for swimming, it is perfectly safe in many places

A woman cries in a dimly lit room

FDA approves first-ever drug for postpartum depression

 Health
• April 22, 2019

We seem to have a drug for seemingly every condition — except, until now, postpartum depression

Your risk for heart disease in a single number

 Health
• March 5, 2019

Debate continues on over how much genes influence risk of heart attack

A depressed woman holds her face in her hands

Some new moms face much more than the baby blues

 Health
• January 31, 2019

Physicians should identify new and expecting mothers at risk of depression, a federal task force suggests, and refer them to counseling

Fish oils, as shown here, are very common in drugstore aisles.

Nothing fishy here: fish oils and heart health

 Health
• January 18, 2019

Synthetic fish oils seem to be here to stay — should you be taking them?

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna describes CRISPR Cas9 at TEDGlobal London, 2015.

First CRISPR Clinical Trial Begins in Europe

 Health
• November 12, 2018

Gene-editing technology is revolutionary, but safety and ethical concerns remain

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