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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Japan tamed COVID-19 without lockdowns. Here’s how
By following the science developed by world-renowned experts, Japan has been able to avoid the worst effects of the pandemic ...
Viewpoint: Are synthetic food additives dangerous? Here’s the science anti-chemical activists ignore
Always take chemical advice from EWG with a grain of (inorganic) salt ...
Our heartbeat shapes how we process fear and perceive the world
As the heart, lungs, gut and other organs transmit information to the brain, they affect how we perceive and interact ...
A pill to replace exercise? It may not be as farfetched as it sounds
Exercise is one of the best-studied and most powerful ways of protecting the brain from age-related cognitive decline. Exercise has ...
Low-carb diets might help treat Alzheimer’s, ALS—and even cancer?
[T]here is a growing interest in [Ketogenic] extreme high-fat diet among researchers. In 2019 alone, more than a thousand new ...
Who is most vulnerable by age and race to die from COVID-19?
While coronavirus is obviously concerning and a very real threat to some people (namely, the elderly and immunocompromised), these data ...
NBA doctors worry about long term heart damage to players who get the coronavirus
“What if a 24-year-old catches [COVID-19] in Orlando and, in 14 days, he quarantines and is fine, but then he ...
Why aren’t there more medical and mental health treatments for male infertility?
Although men are just as likely as women to have fertility problems, ads for fertility treatment typically feature women holding ...
Structural discrimination: COVID-19 illuminates healthcare inequalities for blacks
The disparities have long been documented. Black people are more likely than white people to die from cancer. They are ...
Here’s how dogs really see the world
Dogs definitely see the world differently than people do, but it’s a myth that their view is just black, white ...
COVID-19 can be passed from mother to fetus
[COVID-19] can be passed to fetuses and newborns, according to results of a small study released [July 9]. Just two ...
Infographic: COVID-19 herd immunity threshold likely varies from region to region
[A] lot of nuance is involved in calculating exactly how much of the population needs to be immune [to COVID-19] ...
Why facts don’t work against vaccine deniers and other science skeptics
Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s ...
Self medication: Blocked from drugs by the medical establishment, many transgender people resort to black-market hormones
For the first 10 months of Christine’s gender transition, a progressive LGBT health clinic in Boston made getting on hormones ...
Antioxidant-rich corn could mitigate symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease, study finds
Flavonoids from a specific line of corn act as anti-inflammatory agents in the guts of mice with an inflammatory-bowel-disease-like condition, ...
Summer heat waves can turn common medications deadly
Heat waves kill more people than any other single weather event, making them dangerous by themselves. But if you are ...
Space-thriving bacteria hold key to quickly and cheaply producing innovative polio vaccine
[Molecular biologist Mike] Daly has been investigating ways to apply the lessons learned from this bacteria’s unique radiation resistance to ...
Does the full moon affect behavior? It does in some animals
Past studies suggest car crashes and crime increases are common during a full moon, although it's not understood why… Animals ...
Infographic: How COVID-19 invades the body, step by step
The newest coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has created a far deadlier pandemic in part because once it infects a person it can ...
How will fall sports fare during the pandemic? Few remember the 1968 Hong Kong flu roiled football and basketball
A virus scything through locker rooms all over the East Coast, infecting the NBA’s most respected player, forcing one college ...
How should trans athletes qualify for women’s sports?
In 2004, the nationally ranked long-distance runner [Joanna Harper] started hormone therapy (HT) as part of her transition to female ...
Infographic: How old is your dog in ‘human years’? Genetics prompt scientists to revise ‘outdated’ 1-to-7 formula
If there’s one myth that has persisted through the years without much evidence, it’s this: multiply your dog’s age by ...
Are there benefits to exercising while sick?
According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), for the majority of fitness enthusiasts engaged in 30-60 minutes of ...
Flu vaccine makers plan to increase production as they brace for unprecedented winter season
Even though flu season doesn’t begin until the fall, major flu vaccine manufacturers say they plan to boost production by ...
Why sex matters in medicine
The last time I saw Maria-Rosa, she was on a stretcher, surrounded by frantic nurses and interns who were trying, ...
Even with a vaccine, COVID-19 might be here to stay. Here’s what that means for society
It is a daunting proposition — a coronavirus-tinged world without a foreseeable end. But experts in epidemiology, disaster planning and ...
Disturbing hallucinations and psychosis mysteriously plague some coronavirus patients
Nightmarish visions... plagued [Kim] Victory during her hospitalization this spring for severe respiratory failure caused by the coronavirus. They made ...
