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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Why is it so difficult to figure out if coffee, wine, eggs and other foods are good for us or not?
Do you know whether eggs are good for you? What about coffee, red wine, or chocolate? Most people probably have ...
How Nazi Germany pioneered the use of performance enhancing drugs in WWII
The remarkable endurance of German and Allied soldiers during World War II had a secret ingredient: performance-enhancing drugs. During the ...
Finger length can predict sexual orientation, personality traits, cancer risk? Here’s what the science says
I saw an article in Science that claimed "finger lengths can predict personality and health." Huh? The author, science writer ...
Gut microbes may offer performance boost for elite athletes
One difference between elite athletes and the rest of us might be in what hangs out in their guts. Microbes ...
Are eggs good or bad for you? Why science can’t make up its mind about our favorite foods
Do you know whether eggs are good for you? What about coffee, red wine, or chocolate? Most people probably have ...
Is it time for us to stop obsessing over extending the human life span?
In 2019, more people than ever before get to see their grandkids grow up. They get to enjoy a lengthy ...
Why do some elite athletes die during intense exercise? The answer may be in their genes.
Biological anthropologists and other researchers investigate why there is a diversity of symptoms and outcomes in people with sickle cell ...
How your personality is influenced by your physical appearance
Known as “facultative personality calibration”, this is the idea that our personalities develop in a way that best suits the ...
Pharmacogenetics and depression: Genetic screening could eliminate trial-and-error approach to medications
Antidepressants may soon be added to the growing list of medications genetically matched to patients most likely to respond — ...
Testosterone levels can predict and treat diseases. But how do you determine your ‘right level’?
Establishing a universal "normal" range for testosterone depends on factors such as age, location and wealth ...
GMO wheat could put bread and pasta back on the menu for people with celiac disease
A new wheat could help celiac patients return to a gluten-rich diet without fear of health repercussions ...
There’s little evidence showing diet soda is harmful—so why do experts recommend we avoid it?
Low-calorie sweeteners represent just about everything that’s wrong with our diet. They’re mostly synthetic. They play to the human preference ...
Why scientists are hesitant to declare a species extinct
If so many species are going extinct, why don’t we hear about new extinctions every day? The answer to that ...
3 ‘biomarkers’ linked to male sexual orientation in study
The search for the “gay gene” is rooted in a fraught question: Does homosexuality have a biological basis? The reasons ...
Podcast: Glyphosate-tainted breakfast? Plant geneticist Kevin Folta debunks fear-based CBS Roundup report
Does the network get it right? Not even close, says Folta ...
No ‘meaningful difference’ between GMO golden rice and conventional counterpart, except for boosted beta-carotene levels, study confirms
Compositional analyses were performed on samples of rice grain, straw, and derived bran obtained from golden rice event GR2E and ...
Viewpoint: Wellness industry obsession with ‘thin’ preserves ‘vicious fallacy’ and hurts women’s health
[Wellness is] a dangerous con that seduces smart women with pseudoscientific claims of increasing energy, reducing inflammation, lowering the risk ...
Tired of being a night owl? You may be able to trick your body into changing its ways
If you envy people who wake up with the Sun, but you can’t seem to get to bed until well ...
Monkeys given gene-edited pig organs in quest to address human transplant shortage
In 2017, Harvard University geneticist George Church predicted that gene-edited pig organs would be transplanted into people within two years—maybe ...
Do these ‘natural’ birth control methods work? Don’t count on it.
I asked some real experts—Robin Watkins, a women’s-health nurse practitioner and director of health care at Power to Decide, and ...
GMO corn doesn’t harm gut microbiome of rats, study team associated with anti-biotech geneticist Gilles-Eric Séralini finds
Safety concerns arising from the consumption of foods derived from genetically modified (GM) crops remains a controversial subject. We report ...
‘Children killer’ glyphosate found in Cheerios? Experts dismantle Environmental Working Group’s herbicide food residue study
A few fundamental facts can put this fearmongering claim to rest ...
Why popular image of autism as a male-dominated condition could hurt females
A commonly cited statistic is that boys have about a 1 in 52 chance of being placed on the autism ...
Nature’s Viagra? Seahorse’s future threatened by Chinese sex drug obsession
In Chinese medicine, seahorses are believed to have Viagra-like powers. Hong Kong is the world's largest trading hub for the ...
Making eggs and sperm from stem cells would create ‘ethical, social and legal conundrums’
Until recently, the only way to make eggs or sperm was the old-fashioned way: in the ovaries and testes. In ...
‘Found in Translation’: Computer models could help us understand which mice studies matter for human medicine
Machine learning technology could help researchers determine what mouse data are useful when designing human clinical trials ...
‘Evolution in action’: How ancient humans developed a mutation to protect against diabetes
An ancient mutation that spread through humans after the advent of cooking may protect people against high blood sugar and ...
