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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Epigenetics Around the Web: Trump isn’t affecting human evolution and organic produce isn’t helping your sperm
Is Donald Trump adversely affecting human evolution? One professor's opinion shows how the left politicizes science too; Men's Health quotes ...
Lesson from BPA: Banning glyphosate herbicide won’t make us safer
For years, opponents of glyphosate have argued the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup is harmful for your health. ...
Why the fetus — a ‘foreign body’ — does not attack its mother
The immune system of a fetus developing in the womb faces a quandary: It has to prepare itself to attack ...
In case of disaster: Blood test could ‘fast screen’ for radiation exposure
After a nuclear disaster like the one in Fukushima, Japan, in 2011, first responders need to quickly measure radiation exposure ...
People who commit suicide may have genetic predisposition
The causes of suicide are complex, but they seem to involve some combination of nature and nurture. Now, a new ...
Eyeborg: Man has video camera inserted to replace damaged eye
Rob Spence, a documentary filmmaker from Canada, has a prosthetic eye that doubles as a video camera. Spence, who is ...
Scientists criticize IARC for withholding data showing glyphosate herbicide does not cause cancer
According to a new Reuters investigation, Aaron Blair, the scientist who led IARC's [the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a ...
Glyphosate herbicide ban could cost UK farmers $1.2 billion, reduce tax revenue
New figures show the potentially devastating impact of a ban on glyphosate to the British economy and the agricultural sector, ...
Video: Missouri farmer creatively complies with ‘ridiculous’ requirement to destroy GE petunias
Blake Hurst, a greenhouse grower in Northwest Missouri and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, recently received a letter telling him ...
LSD to lift your mood or performance? Microdosing could become commonplace
Janet Lai Chang is one of many who have added a pinch of psychedelic drugs to their daily routine in ...
Creating ‘leaks’ in blood vessels could aid in drug delivery
The endothelial cells that line blood vessels are packed tightly to keep blood inside and flowing, but scientists have discovered ...
First genetic links to major depression identified
The CONVERGE consortium identified two genetic associations by focusing on a sample of Chinese women with recurrent severe depression...[Now that] ...
If you could modify your children’s genes, what would you change?
Scientists focus on gene editing to eliminate certain debilitating hereditary diseases, but the technology could accomplish a lot more. Recently, the ...
Should milk from cows that eat genetically modified feed be labeled GMO?
[A] woman in California is suing Chipotle because it advertises a GMO- free menu, while serving meat, cheese and sour ...
China syndrome: Genome sequencing gives parents a glimpse of their babies’ genetic risks—for a price
A Boston-based DNA sequencing company is offering to decode the complete genomes of newborns in China, leading some to ask ...
Will GMO-wary public embrace gene-edited food crops? ‘It’s more social science than science’
Green stalks have only just begun to sprout in the test fields where biotech giant DuPont Pioneer is planting rows ...
Should the government have ordered the destruction of harmless and beautiful ‘illegal’ GMO petunias?
Sometimes government regulators do things that are not merely misguided but gratuitously stupid. A classic example came [May 2017], when ...
AquaBounty acquires first US fish farm to raise fast-growing GE salmon
When salmon from AquaBounty Technologies reach grocery stores and restaurants, some of them will come from America’s heartland. AquaBounty has ...
Do black athletes face a higher risk of a heart attack while playing sports?
The recent death of Ivorian footballer Cheick Tiote on the pitch brought an outpouring of sadness in the world of ...
Our brains have 11 dimensions
Scientists studying the brain have discovered that the organ operates on up to 11 different dimensions, creating multiverse-like structures that ...
Testicular cancer risks identified, raising hopes for screening test
A new study brings closer the day when healthy men will be able to undergo a genetic test that shows ...
Which patients to choose for experimental CAR-T cancer therapy?
A transformative cancer therapy based on modified immune cells has lured doctors, companies, and patients alike, but many are hitting ...
Smaller breast cancer lumps don’t always mean less aggressive cancer
[Editor's note: Dr. Charles Dinerstein, M.D. is Senior Medical Fellow at the American Council on Science and Health.] The diagnosis ...
China approves new varieties of GMO corn, soybeans for import from US
China approved two new varieties of genetically modified (GMO) crops for import June 12, after the world's top buyer of ...
IARC glyphosate bombshell: Scientist who lead review of herbicide withheld data showing no cancer link
When Aaron Blair sat down to chair a week-long meeting of 17 specialists at the International Agency for Research on ...
From meat to veggies: Genetic markers tell us European diets shifted 8,000 years ago
The genes of Europeans reflect the dietary shifts that occurred with the rise of farming, report researchers. Before the Neolithic ...
Is human sexuality determined by testosterone’s effect on the brain?
[Early experiments have shown] that the Y chromosome is essential for the formation of a testis, and it is the ...
