Former Senior Health And Wellness Reporter
Alexa Mikhail is a former Senior Health and Wellness Reporter at Fortune Magazine. She focused on topics such as aging, longevity, mental health, and workplace wellness, weaving together themes of culture, society, and healthcare technology. Her work has been featured in Yahoo Finance, The Washington Post, and Good Morning America, among others.
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Alexa's coverage focuses on health and wellbeing, mental health, aging, and workplace-related topics. Her articles often cite data and include expert commentary. She seems to prioritize stories that address the impact of these issues on individuals' lives.
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Dr. Gabrielle Lyon says muscle is "the driver of longevity.”
Lancôme launches a line of products to help the skin “behave more youthful” and “resilient."
Megan Hellerer, the author of “Directional Living," says fulfillment comes from pursuing ambition that aligns with your values.
By: Alexa Mikhail
Welcome to our new series The Pulse, covering everything you need to know about the age of intelligent health.From ovarian aging and maternal health to cardiovascular and dementia risk, HLTH USA 2026 is programming the women’s health conversations medicine has been too slow to have.While women live longer than men, they spend 25% longer in poor health. The healthspan gap, between how long women live and how long they live in good health, is the defining focus of the next frontier in women’s health. “Diminished healthspan ...
By: Alexa Mikhail
We are living through a demographic transition. Health systems, payers, and providers are racing to close the healthspan gap. So is a booming consumer longevity industry, moving faster than regulators can keep up.
Peptides' alluring anti-aging and longevity benefits have surfaced on every corner of the internet as the drugs have moved from health optimizers and biohacking elites to the mainstream.
By: Alexa Mikhail
Screening, therapeutics, and fertility are converging into a new paradigm in oncology care. Cancer mortality in the U.S. has declined by 34% between 1991 and 2023, preventing an estimated 4.8 million deaths. And yet, adults under 50 are facing cancer diagnoses at an increasingly alarming rate. Women, in particular, are bearing the brunt of that rise.A 2025 report from the American Cancer Society found that the cancer incidence for women under 50 is 82% higher than for men the same age compared to 51% higher in 2002. “In t...
By: Alexa Mikhail
Dr. Ami Bhatt has always advocated for moving care beyond the four walls of a doctor’s office. As the new CMO of WHOOP, she believes continuous consumer health data is the new front door. Healthcare has long called the moment a patient leaves the hospital "the last mile." Dr. Ami Bhatt thinks that framing is backwards.A cardiologist specializing in adult congenital heart disease at Mass General Hospital, Bhatt went on to serve as chief innovation officer of the American College of Cardiology and as inaugural chair of the ...
By: Alexa Mikhail
A new study exclusively obtained by HLTH reveals the menopause benefits that may actually move the needle on supporting women’s whole health and retaining top talent. Women have long entered menopause without a rulebook. Several years ago, I reported on the silent crisis of confidence facing executive women at the pinnacle of their careers, many of whom say they felt like they were “firing on all cylinders” when menopause came out of nowhere. Today, while midlife health is finally getting more attention online, it’s clear...
With 137 million Americans in provider shortage areas, AI is becoming the first stop for mental health support. Regulators and payers are still deciding how to intervene.Behavioral healthcare looks very different than it did in 2020. “So much has changed since the pandemic,” says Alifya Parekh, senior manager of content strategy and impact at HLTH, who is programming the behavioral health circuit at HLTH U.S. this year. “People finally started to wake up to the reality that mental health access needed to be expanded. Empl...
