Alex Janin

@WSJ health reporter, 2025 @Bagehots fellow. Signal: alexjanin.82

[Alex Janin @AlexLJanin]

Words of affirmation

[Alex Janin @AlexLJanin]

It's my first day back at @WSJ after 9 months with @Bagehots at @Columbia. I'm back on the health beat & digging into all things longevity/aging, brain health, concierge medicine and GLP-1s. Researchers, clinicians, founders, patients -- get in touch.

[Jessica Toonkel @jtoonkel]

They told me it was hormones. It turned out to be cancer. My latest. https://t.co/8ykeDw9EID via @WSJ

[Alex Janin @AlexLJanin]

"In the future, primary-care doctors could act more as expert consultants rather than paternalistic bosses to patients."
https://t.co/dBm2ZQ8xOe via @WSJ

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The billionaires funding aging reversal.
When they were young they wanted to be rich. When they were rich, they wanted to be young.
@shaneshifflett @AmyDMarcus @AlexLJanin
https://t.co/ul8G0Vq5z5

[David Shaywitz @DShaywitz]

Characteristically well put-together @wsj feature on science, personalities, deep pocketed investors and tech entrepreneurs fueling the longevity boom-by @AmyDMarcus (busy week!) @AlexLJanin @shaneshifflett
https://t.co/rqlzwDP9Cz - good pairing w recent @tadfriend @NewYorker

[Knight-Bagehot Fellowships @Bagehots]

Our new Bagehot class started this week. Looking forward to an exciting year together @aronczyk @ByKyleCampbell @suzannahcav @AlexLJanin @esmyjimenez @AKMcGlinchy @saahilmenghani @stlbiznrubbelke @yifanxie

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Longevity companies are exploring investments in Montana in a bid to make it a medical-tourism hub https://t.co/X9ax27LhQt

[Knight-Bagehot Fellowships @Bagehots]

Very excited to welcome @AlexLJanin to our incoming class of Bagehots. https://t.co/vUySVWYqXc

[Alex Janin @AlexLJanin]

Wednesday: Ask @ZaldyTanMD (plus @AmyDMarcus and me) all your burning questions about brain aging. https://t.co/z8JOlmpZdN via @WSJ

[Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف @nancyayoussef]

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. https://t.co/pk3hMq1YhV

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Measles cases in the U.S. have hit a three-decade high, reaching the highest yearly total since 1992 in less than seven months https://t.co/yXLs7iliqD

[NIH @NIH]

🚨 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.

Read more from @NIHDirector_Jay ➡️ https://t.co/yty9KVn00z

[Agingdoc🩺Dr David Barzilai🔔MD PhD MS MBA DipABLM @agingdoc1]

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

https://t.co/XyRCgCHdyn

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

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
https://t.co/NAIgDfDbB5

[Loyal @loyalfordogs]

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 →

[Alex Janin @AlexLJanin]

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

[Alex Janin @AlexLJanin]

@MoiseNoise ❤️

[Alex Janin @AlexLJanin]

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.

[Imani @MoiseNoise]

What happened to me was deeply private, and I HATE talking about it. I only shared it publicly in hopes that it might help someone. The hardest part of this experience has been learning how many other women he hurt after me, in almost the exact same way. 1/5

[Loyal @loyalfordogs]

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.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Providers of obesity-drug alternatives are finding—for now—another way into the booming market https://t.co/wWMolftrpy