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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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Video: How to boost your immune system to guard against COVID and other illnesses
Scientists have recently developed ways to measure your immune age. Fortunately, it turns out your immune age can go down ...
EU’s only cultivated GM crop, insect-resistant Bt corn, poses no risk to humans or the environment, study finds
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA assessed the 2018 post‐market environmental monitoring (PMEM) report on the cultivation ...
COVID spikes surge in search for birth parents and disconnected relatives
[Krystal] Myers, 34, grew up in Freeport, Long Island with her mother, and still lives near there. When she was ...
Trump did not ‘beat COVID’: Recovering from an illness is not a form of warfare
“Our president is strong and will beat the virus,” said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “He’s a fighter,” said former press secretary Sarah Huckabee ...
What does ‘herd immunity’ mean and why is it important?
People seem pretty confused about herd immunity. What exactly does it mean and can it be used to combat COVID-19? ...
Why males suffer from more diseases than females: Blame it on the Y
Humans each have 23 pairs of chromosomes, including one pair of sex chromosomes. While females carry two X sex chromosomes, ...
Vitamin D shown to reduce severe symptoms of COVID
[A new study suggests] that improving vitamin D status in the general population, and in particular in patients hospitalized with ...
Cut carbs? Eat less, move more? Why the spat between low carbers and calorie counters is pointless
Part of my introduction to nutrition was reading books my mom picked up second-hand at rummage sales back in England ...
Air pollution kills more than HIV, tuberculosis and smoking
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores more than any time in recent history how important it is to protect public health. Yet, as countries ...
A cup of coffee a day keeps colorectal cancer away
Drinking one to four or more cups of coffee a day may help people with advanced colorectal cancer live longer ...
Video: Breaking the COVID genetic code: How genetic data revealed a secret coronavirus outbreak
The coronavirus mutates as it moves through its victims. Infectious particles swabbed from a patient’s nose carry small but distinctive differences ...
Ethiopia faces confluence of crises: Locust outbreaks, flooding and COVID-fueled food shortages
COVID-19, flooding and the locusts outbreak are creating a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia with many people unable to meet their ...
South Africa is the continent’s COVID epicenter. Here is how it is transitioning into recovery mode
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa looked appropriately dour, and sounded appropriately cautious, as he appeared on national television [recently] to ...
‘Pandemic fatigue’ hits Europe. Science alone will not corral COVID, WHO says
European countries will need to “move beyond biomedical science” to overcome Covid-19 as “pandemic fatigue” and new infections rapidly rise ...
Fraud investigation reveals 3-continent-wide organic fruit trading ‘scam’
In January 2017, Chilean customs inspectors acted on a tip from a whistleblower: The country's prized crop of raspberries was ...
Regenerative dentistry could restore damaged teeth
Teeth develop through a complex process in which soft tissue, with connective tissue, nerves and blood vessels, are bonded with ...
Here’s a checklist for knowing when you are safe to get a COVID vaccine
Scientists around the world are currently undertaking one of the fastest vaccine-development programs in history, trying to get the novel ...
‘Least desirable guest at any party’: Botched US COVID response puts Olympic participation in danger
[The U.S.] usually has the largest contingent of athletes at the Summer Games. And it’s the highest-value single market for ...
Contemplating human extinction
Whether designer pathogen or malicious AI, we now recognize many ways to die. But when did people first start actually ...
Spillover effect: Could GMO disinformation shake public trust in other scientific innovations?
In 2016, the World Economic Forum listed online digital misinformation as one of the leading threats to modern societies. Campaigns ...
Viewpoint: There are only two sexes. That doesn’t invalidate the biological reality of transgenderism
There’s no need to reject how biologists define the sexes to defend the view that trans women are women. When ...
Will COVID cause complications for decades?
By now the story of how new viral threats emerge should be familiar – the close contact with infected animals, ...
Viewpoint: Animals vs plants? Stop fighting about where your protein comes from and eat a balanced diet
With a feeling of uncertainty infiltrating our lives lately, many of us are looking for concrete information to help us ...
Explaining the overlap in gender and sexuality in autistic individuals
In the 1990s, as growing numbers of children sought care related to their gender identity, clinicians and researchers began to ...
Epidemics helped shape the Americas. Blame Columbus and Europeans
The coronavirus pandemic has been compared with many previous contagions, including the great plague and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. However, there ...
COVID ‘infodemic’: 38 million article Cornell study finds President Trump ‘largest driver’ of coronavirus misinformation and conspiracy theories
Of the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and falsehoods seeding the internet on the coronavirus, one common thread stands out: ...
Vaccine distribution logistics, not vaccine development, may pose highest hurdle to achieving COVID herd immunity
Importantly, creating the vaccine is just one step. We then need to distribute it. Because while vaccinating everyone is impossible, ...
