Hannah Brooks
Family Health Writer
New and young parents short on sleep and time
Hannah Brooks covers health for the sleep-deprived years — family nutrition, recovery and realistic fitness for new and young parents. Her north star is advice you can follow at 6am with a toddler on your hip.
Latest articles
Life Expectancy with Diabetes — and Without: The Sharpest Numbers Yet
A new PRISMA-guided meta-analysis pools data from 179 cohorts to quantify the years diabetes can cost — and what that means for the metabolic choices we make in the meantime.
Life's Essential 8: How a Modernized Heart-Health Score Reframes Prevention
The American Heart Association's updated 0–100 cardiovascular score now includes sleep — and new French cohort data show how few adults actually land in the 'high' zone.
The Muscle Question: What Sarcopenic Obesity and Diabetes Drugs Mean for Aging Well
Two new studies reframe the conversation around metabolic health in later life — pointing to skeletal muscle, mitochondria, and medication choice as the quiet variables that matter.
GLP-1s Without Diabetes: New Surgical Data Complicates the 'Weight-Loss Only' Story
A retrospective hip-replacement study suggests non-diabetic GLP-1 users may not face the malnutrition penalty surgeons feared — but the questions are bigger than one paper.
Beyond Blood Sugar: How Semaglutide and Tirzepatide Are Rewriting Cardiometabolic Medicine
A new wave of 2025 research suggests GLP-1 and dual GIP/GLP-1 drugs do more than shrink waistlines and tame A1c — they may protect the heart at the cellular level, and hint at effects we are only beginning to map.
Beyond Weight Loss: What GLP-1 Drugs May Be Doing to the Liver, the Brain's Reward System, and Older Patients
Three 2025 studies suggest the new generation of metabolic drugs reaches further than the scale — into addiction risk, liver fat, and the realities of treating people over 65. The evidence is promising, and still maturing.
Adipose Tissue as the Aging Clock: Why Visceral Fat May Set the Pace for Everything Else
New single-cell research suggests the fat around your middle isn't just storing energy — it may be quietly broadcasting aging signals to the rest of your body.
GLP-1 Side Effects Get Real: What New Data Says About ENT Symptoms and Colonoscopy Prep
Two fresh analyses push the GLP-1 conversation past nausea, flagging ear-nose-throat signals and a higher risk of failed bowel prep. Here's what tired parents juggling a new prescription actually need to know.