Alex Janin

Words of affirmation

Very excited to welcome @AlexLJanin to our incoming class of Bagehots. journalism.columbia.edu/kb-fellows

Wednesday: Ask @ZaldyTanMD (plus @AmyDMarcus and me) all your burning questions about brain aging. wsj.com/health/wellnes… via @WSJ

One of the most impt stories to come out of Syria, a must read. The Assad regime may be gone but its impact is not. An inside look at one of its most notorious prisons and our collective failure to stop the crimes that happened there. By @jmalsin and co. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Measles cases in the U.S. have hit a three-decade high, reaching the highest yearly total since 1992 in less than seven months on.wsj.com/4eQ4S5R

🚨 New NIH Public Access Policy goes into effect TODAY! Research accepted for publication on July 1, 2025, must be publicly available as soon as it is published. This date was moved up from December 31, 2025, to ensure radical transparency regarding the research NIH supports.…

Is Your Brain Aging Faster Than You? New Science Offers Clues Emerging research on lifestyle changes and the development of preventive approaches are revealing an opportunity to measure and boost cognitive health @AlexLJanin @DeanOrnishMD & @DrGlorioso wsj.com/health/wellnes…

The sodium-glucose transporter (SGLT2) drugs for diabetes have some senolytic properties (getting rid of senescent cells) and better than expected health outcomes. They are candidate drugs for extending healthspan (as also reviewed in SUPER AGERS) by @AlexLJanin…

Curious about what the future of longevity drugs could look like? Watch our Founder & CEO @celinehalioua's conversion with @JamesPeyer and @AlexLJanin about innovation, moonshots, and progress towards bringing such preventive therapies to market soon →

Today at @WSJ Future of Everything, the future of longevity drugs with with @celinehalioua and @JamesPeyer

I am deeply proud to call @MoiseNoise a friend and colleague. No journalist wants to be the story. She was brave enough to do what we so often ask of our sources: to share painful, personal experiences—and to put her name behind it.

Mark your calendars! Our Founder and CEO @celinehalioua is joining @JamesPeyer and @AlexLJanin on stage at the @WSJ's Future of Everything next Wednesday, May 28 for a wide-ranging conversation about longevity drug development and the future of preventive medicine.

Providers of obesity-drug alternatives are finding—for now—another way into the booming market on.wsj.com/4doOGYG

The @WSJ piece on SUPER AGERS, by @AmyDMarcus Gift link wsj.com/health/wellnes… And please join us next Tuesday for a live Q&A about this with the link below w/ @AlexLJanin

TUESDAY: Join me, @AmyDMarcus and @EricTopol to answer readers' questions on the pursuit of living healthier for longer. Add your question here: wsj.com/health/wellnes… via @WSJ

My wife, Emily Glazer, just won the Pulitzer Prize. I’ve known this was going to happen since the day I met her. She is the best reporter in America and she’s also the best person I’ve ever met and an elite mom–here’s our son Teddy celebrating in the WSJ newsroom right now.

Are GLP-1s poised to be the new MVPs in sports? A burgeoning community of runners, cyclists and exercise enthusiasts are taking weight-loss drugs in the hopes of gaining a performance edge. Health experts preach caution. My latest: wsj.com/health/wellnes… via @WSJ

If you reach 70 years old healthy and disease-free, you might have your diet to thank, new research suggests on.wsj.com/42zesEw

Research signals potential anti-aging benefits from weight-loss drugs. “Part of the longevity issue is not just living longer, it’s making sure that you avoid some of these diseases of aging." via @AlexLJanin #ozempic #aging wsj.com/health/wellnes… via @WSJ

For decades, scientists have been on the hunt for an antiaging drug. Now, some say we may have already found it. wsj.com/health/wellnes…

Red-light therapy: real health benefits or snake oil? The answer is probably somewhere in the middle. My latest: wsj.com/health/wellnes… via @WSJ