Health & Medicine
Through the study and use of genetics, we can identify measures that could lead to the improvement of human health and wellness. These methods and procedures aim to prevent years of chronic disease and thousands of dollars in health care costs, and provide families and communities with knowledge of how to live healthier.
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Even if a COVID vaccine is approved this winter, most Americans won’t get access until mid-2021
While a "very limited supply" of a Covid-19 vaccine might be ready in November or December, it "will have to ...
Protective ‘herd immunity’ may come a lot sooner than predicted
To achieve so-called herd immunity — the point at which the virus can no longer spread widely because there are ...
‘I’ve saved 38 days of ‘wasted time’ in five years by not showering. What else happened?’
If you spent 30 minutes per day showering and applying products, over the course of a long life—100 years, for ...
Vaccine advances for gastric, pancreatic, esophageal and colon cancer
Scientists at Thomas Jefferson University who are developing a cancer vaccine to prevent recurrences of gastric, pancreatic, esophageal, and colon ...
Horse antibody therapies to contain COVID under development in Latin America
Borrowing from decades of experience in producing snake antivenoms, scientists, veterinarians and technicians at a scientific and technical institute in ...
‘COVID is like a burglar who slips into your unlocked window and ransacks your house’
It was, in the words of Dr. Daniel Jacobson, lead researcher and chief scientist for computational systems biology at Oak ...
Artificial blood edges closer to reality, spurred by pandemic-driven shortage
While scientists have developed backups for most parts of our bodies—from prosthetic limbs to titanium teeth implants—the production of artificial ...
These health factors best predict whether someone is likely to die from COVID
By looking at patients during the one-week peak of coronavirus in New Orleans, [Dr. Josh] Denson found that the overlap ...
‘From plate to poop’: Why corn survives digestion and what it means for your health
Corn has a way of staying intact from plate to poop. The bright yellow kernels found in our favorite summer ...
Do you get dizzy when standing up? Here’s why
A significant number of falls and fractures, particularly among the elderly, are likely to result from orthostatic hypotension — literally, ...
Meet the scientists who research mosquitoes by feeding them their own blood
The colony was picky — it wouldn’t feed on anesthetized mice or drink from a container covered with a membrane ...
Viewpoint: Genetics is revolutionizing baby making and what it means to be a family
Humans are reproducing in ways that would have been truly unimaginable just several decades ago: Two men and a surrogate ...
COVID = Less sex and more porn
In a recent paper published to the Archives of Sexual Behavior, [professor of media psychology and design Nicola] Döring explored a few of ...
Do you have food allergies? Manipulating the gut microbiome might treat them
As a child, Cathryn Nagler broke out in hives when she ate eggs. She reacted to penicillin. Working in labs ...
For untreatable diseases, should you consider unapproved stem cell therapy?
Regenerative medicine is a controversial field, still in its infancy. There are academic researchers and major biotech companies testing key ...
COVID logistical nightmare: 8,000 jumbo jets needed to globally deliver vaccine
The equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed [to ship a coronavirus vaccine worldwide], the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has ...
Health monitors you can draw on your skin with electronic pen and ink
Wearable sensor technology, which helps doctors check a variety of health indicators, has in recent years advanced from bulky devices ...
Here’s why and how college football played on during the deadlier 1918 pandemic
The 1918-19 flu scourge was more lethal than the current coronavirus pandemic, killing 675,000 in the U.S., and was especially ...
How one person was spontaneously cured of HIV—and what that may mean in the fight against AIDS
Twice, people infected with HIV have had levels of the virus in their bodies drop to undetectable levels after bone marrow ...
Life with the pandemic: 4 ways our bodies might respond to new COVID waves
[Coronavirus researcher Vineet] Menachery laid out four possible scenarios for how humans might interact with SARS-2 over time — in ...
Why COVID-19 hits men harder than women
When it comes to surviving critical cases of COVID-19, it appears that men draw the short straw. Initial reports from ...
Nature has given us a blueprint for longevity. We just need to decode it
Our aging process extends for years, during which we experience a slew of age-related disorders. Diabetes. Heart disease. Dementia. Surprisingly, ...
How a ‘selfie’ and AI could be used to diagnose heart disease
It is known already that certain facial features are associated with an increased risk of heart disease. These include thinning ...
Singapore sees 65-80% fewer dengue cases in areas where disease-fighting mosquitoes released
Releasing mosquitoes into the corridors of apartment complexes might seem like an unusual strategy for a city fighting its worst ...
COVID stay-at-home orders have ramped up anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating
Recent research indicates that pandemic-related stay-at-home orders have ramped up anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorder symptoms. A study published last ...
Why going for herd immunity to fight COVID won’t work
The idea of abandoning preventive measures and letting the virus infect people has already gotten traction in [US] administration. [Recently, ...
ALS may soon be treatable with new drug combo dreamed up by a college student
Patients who took [an experimental medication for ALS] — initially dreamed up over beers and obsessive internet searching in a Brown ...
