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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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Filling the gaps of what we know about the first days and weeks of the developing human embryo
Several recent reports are filling in the gaps of what we know about the earliest days and weeks of human ...
Viewpoint: An increasing number of Americans are rejecting vaccinations, and dying as a result of it. Can we reverse the trend?
Despite vaccines saving lives and improving population health, an increasing number of people are declining vaccinations ...
Whether you use Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound, you’re going to hit a weight-loss plateau. Then what?
Everyone hits a weight-loss plateau, but the race is on for next-generation drugs that can help patients lose even more ...
Unraveling the mystery of why cancer is soaring among people under 50
Researchers are trying to figure out what is making more young adults sick, and how to identify those at high ...
How the FDA decimated the entire biotech sector of genetically engineered animals — and what needs to be done to revive it
In part 1, we learned that avian flu is killing birds globally in record numbers, has crossed the species barrier ...
‘When you’re starving, hunger is like a demon’: Scientists finally grasping how hunger commandeers the brain
More than 1.9 billion adults worldwide are overweight and more than 650 million are obese, a condition correlated with a ...
Regulatory death march: As the avian flu crosses the species barrier and targets animals and humans, a gene editing solution is in focus. Here’s why it’s unlikely US regulators will embrace the moment
Avian influenza is surging again, but with an even deadlier twist: the scourge that has led to hundreds of millions ...
Maybe Vitamin D isn’t such the ‘miracle supplement as the hype—and many scientists—have long claimed
For a while vitamin D was looking like a bona fide health elixir. It was recognized a century ago as ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotechnology, pro-organic dark money web — Tort lawyer-funded, Charles Benbrook-created Heartland Health Research Alliance co-opts academic and government institutions to subvert independent science
The Heartland Health Research Alliance (HHRA) an ideologically-focused research groups funded by ‘dark money’ support from the organic industry and ...
American Pediatric Society lambasted by scientists, researchers, GLP’s Jon Entine for promoting scientifically-baseless claim that food grown from genetically modified seeds pose unique dangers to children
Immunologist and microbiologist Andrea Love, Ph.D., recently received a flood of messages from concerned parents and pediatricians. They were all ...
Weight-loss drugs, malaria vaccines and more: CRISPR innovations headline the science breakthroughs of 2023
CRISPR is the year’s top breakthrough not only because of heroic work done in the past 12 months, but also ...
Video: Two wombs, two babies — In ‘one in a million’ pregnancy, Alabama mother gives birth to twins over two days
A US woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days - after a "one in ...
Just 27% of Americans think genetically modified foods are safe to eat. It’s time to set the record straight
Thirty years after tomatoes became the first genetically modified produce sold in the U.S., lots of people remain skeptical of science-ified ...
Over a million frozen embryos are left in limbo. Should they be donated?
Higher IVF success rates mean more embryos are being left unused—and more families wrestling with questions about what to do ...
Sucralose, aspartame, stevia: With the use of sugar substitutes continuing to rise, questions mount about their impact on diets
Many people are cutting back on their sugar intake for health reasons. But the food industry has found another way ...
Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis: Scanning the eye with AI tools could help us catch dementia 20 years before symptoms show up
RetiSpec developed an artificial-intelligence algorithm that it says can analyze results from an eye scanner to detect signs of Alzheimer’s ...
Drug-free pain management: Retraining the brain with ‘pain reprocessing therapy’ hopes to offer alternative to opioids
“Pain reprocessing therapy,” tries to train the brain not to send false pain signals. Some early results are promising ...
Morning sickness used to be a mystery. Now researchers say they have figured out the root cause
Researchers from Cambridge University sought to understand the causes of morning sickness in hopes of one day preventing it ...
Move over, Ozempic: Vibrating pill can satiate hunger, leading to weight loss
Dieters may have an answer now as research showed that a vibrating pill, swallowed before eating, that creates feelings of ...
How ‘detransitioners’ are affecting gender-affirming care laws across the US
Dozens of detransitioners have gained prominence this year, suing the doctors and clinics from which they received care ...
‘Alcohol genes’? How much you drink may be influenced by your DNA
Research found those who drank a lot — at least 5 bottles of wine a week for men, and 3.5 ...
Does the recently approved Novavax COVID vaccine offer any unique benefits?
Erin Kissane, a co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project, rolled up her sleeve for the Novavax covid-19 vaccine in mid-October ...
Podcast: Breast milk provides immunity benefits — but isn’t accessible to all parents. Here’s how artificial milk could one day replace standard baby formula
Breast milk imparts a number of long-term health benefits to babies, including a lower risk of asthma, obesity, Type 1 ...
Backward slide for malaria: 16 million more cases in 2022 than before the pandemic
Malaria cases in 2022 exceeded the prepandemic level by 16 million cases, with several threats—including climate change—hampering progress ...
Jet lag and night shifts disturb our sleep cycles and molecular clocks. Could a drug one day reduce these effects?
The circadian clock sits in our brains keeps our bodies in rhythm and this helps control when we wake, eat, ...
Is eating vegan healthier than following an omnivorous lifestyle? Study on 22 sets of twins delves into diet
November 30, a study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by researchers at Stanford University, who studied 22 ...
GLP podcast/video: What causes autism? Treating PTSD with psychedelics; Alcoholism could be in our genes
Speculation persists about the causes of autism thanks to an explosion in the number of cases that have been diagnosed ...
