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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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 ...
The ‘Church of Nature’ and the sudden collapse of the cult of Extinction Rebellion
When a cult loses its grip on a person, a form of reawakening takes place. It involves having to return ...
‘It’s not our job’: How Trump and Jared Kusnher created the COVID supply chaos that persists today
The Trump administration has been criticized for minimizing the threat of the virus and offering mixed messaging on mask-wearing and ...
Could COVID evolve into a milder version?
Researchers in Singapore have discovered a new variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus that causes milder infections, according to a study ...
Saliva COVID tests appear as accurate as nasal swabs
Two new studies have found that tests that look for the virus in samples of saliva are about as reliable ...
Viewpoint: Vegetarian diet won’t help you slim down—only cutting calories can do that
A vegetarian diet can be healthy for you. Just like any diet. Even if you only eat salads or any ...
Electroacupuncture: Promising pain therapy or quackery?
One idea [for alternative pain relief] is to specifically stimulate nerves that act as highway carriers of pain signals and ...
Human blood suckers: How nature’s tiniest killer developed its deadly diet
Although most of the roughly 3,500 mosquito species don’t feed on human blood, the Aedes aegypti is one of the worst. Its ...
Struggle to decide when kids should go back to school mirrors 1918 pandemic debate
During the influenza pandemic in 1918, even though the world was a very different place, the discussion [about whether to ...
Even mild cases of COVID can provide immunity
To date, there is limited evidence of reinfection in humans with previously documented COVID-19… Most studies of immune protection against ...
Edible plant-based vaccines could help quash infectious diseases in poor countries
Edible plant-based vaccines were developed to become part of the solution to address the possible hazards associated with the parenteral ...
Our gut bacteria helps us naturally battle cancer
Dr. Kathy McCoy, PhD, is a leading expert on the body's relationship with the microbiome. She and her team are ...
