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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Hospital ‘superbugs’ getting better at defeating alcohol-based hand sanitizers
Popular hand sanitizers may be heading the way of antibiotics, according to a study published this week in Science Translational Medicine ...
Eat your broccoli: Chemicals in kale, cabbage and other Brassica vegetables could prevent colon cancer
Chemicals produced by vegetables such as kale, cabbage and broccoli could help to maintain a healthy gut and prevent colon ...
Celiac disease: What’s behind the surge in diagnoses?
A few years ago, the book “Wheat Belly” became a hit, as it pointed to new “scientifically engineered” strains of ...
Does glyphosate cause cancer? Jury says says ‘yes’ but years of research show the herbicide is safe
Can anyone make sense of the debate over glyphosate, the active molecule in the most widely used herbicide [Roundup] in ...
Preparing for motherhood: Do the father’s genes play a role?
[A] father may have the ability to dictate a mother’s attentiveness to their offspring—before it’s even born. The paternal genes ...
Reasons to be wary of the ‘untamed wilderness’ of dog DNA tests
The claims that dog DNA-testing companies make can seem all but definitive: One quick cheek swab can not only tell ...
Fighting cancer with help from the body’s internal clock
Chi Van Dang generally declines to discuss the science that made him famous. ... Instead of doing so, Dang [a ...
Sperm carries more than just a father’s genetics
Eat poorly, and your body will remember—and possibly pass the consequences onto your kids. In the past several years, mounting ...
CRISPR may help pave the way to cross-species organ transplants
Modern transplant technology is already pretty miraculous. Doctors can transfer anything from faces to hands to genitals between patients, keep ...
Investigational Alzheimer’s drug shows promise
An investigational Alzheimer’s drug significantly slowed patients’ cognitive decline in a large clinical trial, unexpected and unprecedented results that could ...
Man whose rare blood type saved millions of babies retires from donating after 60 years
James Harrison, known as the "Man With the Golden Arm," has donated blood nearly every week for 60 years. After ...
Why it’s difficult to declare the end of an Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organization on [July 24] declared the official end of the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic ...
Genetic data share: 23andMe partners with drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline
23andMe customers might just play a role in helping create one of Big Pharma’s next blockbuster drugs. On [July 25, ...
Elephants rarely get cancer. Can humans borrow their genetic strategies?
Elephants have 100 times as many cells as humans. But they seldom get cancer. This is surprising, because cancer is ...
Alternative medicine a scam? New book exposes the lack of scientific rigor of ‘complementary’ treatments
As the world’s first professor of complementary medicine, Dr. Edzard Ernst set out to apply rigorous scientific standards of evidence ...
How probable is it that we’re alone in the universe?
Earlier this year I wrote about two ways of looking at the probability of there being advanced alien civilizations – the ...
Does your dog have what it takes to be a hero?
[I]n the journal Learning and Behavior, scientists report that the dogs most likely to come to the aid of their owners are those ...
Transgender men experience masculinity differently
We spoke with ... men who transitioned as adults to the bodies in which they feel more comfortable. ... [T]heir ...
‘Factory farms wreck the environment’ and other myths farmers are tired of hearing
Here are [some] of the biggest myths spread on social media and in the mainstream media, and some stuff we ...
Choosing an alternative cancer therapy cuts survival chances, study shows
Cancer patients who use alternative therapies may be more likely to shun conventional treatments and risk their chances of survival, ...
Increased autism risk linked to maternal high blood pressure and diabetes
Children born to women who had diabetes or high blood pressure while pregnant are at an increased risk of autism, ...
Ugandan researcher: Western science education a ‘game changer’ for African agriculture
[Dr. Priver] Namanya, a plant biotechnologist at the National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) in Kawanda, Uganda, has been doing [biotechnology ...
Viewpoint: FDA approval of ‘Impossible Burger’s’ key GMO ingredient is a huge step for sustainable food
The “clean meat” revolution took a major step forward [on July 23] as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
India’s new GMO safety rules will follow ‘well established scientific principles’
The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated work on framing regulations on Genetically Modified (GM) Food ...
Can a genetic test predict risk of opioid addiction?
The opioid crisis is an ongoing tragedy, with fatal overdoses costing thousands of lives each year. Although opioids are an ...
Talking Biotech: How scientists outsmart cancer-causing fungi that threaten our food supply
Alfatoxins are a significant threat to human health and world food security. They are naturally-occurring toxic compounds produced by the ...
Nigeria says it will confiscate GMOs imported without a permit
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), on [July 26th], said it has, in conjunction with the Nigerian Customs Services, ordered ...
