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Post-doc Winnie Orchard’s work featured in New Scientist Magazine!

Dr Winnie Orchard’s work on parenthood and age-related decline has been featured in a new article in the international science magazine New Scientist. The article is titled “Having more children protects parents’ brains from age-related decline”

Congratulations, Winnie! We are so excited to see your important work being shared.

Check out the article PDF here!

Or at https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430557-having-more-children-protects-parents-brains-from-age-related-decline/

Holmes lab paper on brain-protective impacts of parenthood covered by New York Post, Rutgers Health, Science Daily and more!

Some great coverage of Winnie Orchard’s new Holmes Lab paper, recently published in PNAS! New York Post: https://nypost.com/2025/02/28/health/having-kids-can-fight-brain-aging-the-more-children-the-better/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=referral 
 Rutgers News www.rutgers.edu/news/how-par… Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250226141927.htm

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