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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Fake news alert: Melania Trump did not ban Monsanto products, GMOs from White House
CLAIM: First Lady Melania Trump banned all Monsanto products from the White House after reading about the dangers of genetically modified ...
Genetic tweaks could boost yields of pigeon peas, important source of protein in developing world
Researchers have identified key genes associated with flowering time in the pigeon pea, a finding that could lead to more ...
Organic food imports plagued by ‘corruption, bribery and falsified documents’
Roughly 40% of all organic food sold in America tests positive for prohibited pesticides, according to two USDA studies. And, ...
Back to life: Can controversial stem cell treatment revive brain-dead patients?
For any given medical problem, it seems, there’s a research team trying to use stem cells to find a solution...But ...
Experimental drug targets 17 cancers sharing genetic defect
An experimental drug shrank tumors in patients with a variety of cancers sharing the same genetic defect, new studies found, ...
Leukemia treatment using lab-grown blood ‘tantalizingly close’
A bone marrow transplant is often the only chance for survival [for patients with leukemia and other blood disorders]...Unfortunately, like ...
He/She: Brains of men and women hard-wired different because of hormones, genes
[In the past, studying sex-based differences in the brain] was not a universally popular idea. The neuroscience community had largely ...
Sexy swimmers: Sperm cell tails use elastic springs to control movement
Human sperm cells get an extra oomph forward as they swim, thanks to interconnected elastic springs in their tails that ...
Can the FDA convince public that GMOs are safe to eat, good for environment?
The Food and Drug Administration has a tough job ahead of it, a job that the food and agriculture sectors ...
Did EPA and Monsanto conspire to downplay potential danger of glyphosate before EU review?
The European Food Safety Authority dismissed a study linking a Monsanto weedkiller to cancer after counsel from a US Environmental ...
How to resist health scares: Review of Geoffrey Kabat’s ‘Getting Risk Right’
Public health regulations, particularly as regards to chemicals, are often driven by precautionary fears stirred by sloppy reporting sparked by ...
Vancomycin: Supercharged drug could reverse antibiotic resistance crisis
Scientists have tweaked a powerful antibiotic, called vancomycin, so it is once more powerful against life-threatening bacterial infections. Researchers say ...
Does Consumer Reports mislead readers by promoting Non-GMO Project label?
Consumer Reports claims to provide consumers with unbiased information about products and services. But the site is accused of exploiting ...
Does water have a flavor? Your tongue may think so
Viewed under a microscope, your tongue is an alien landscape, studded by fringed and bumpy buds that sense five basic ...
Why men are faster runners than women
Given that both men and women train equally hard, why is it that men, on average, are faster runners than ...
Shared vision: Identical twins see the world the same—even as they age
Over recent years, it has become clear that some of the larger defects in vision - such as myopia (nearsightedness) ...
Is ADHD actually a sleep disorder?
Could ADHD [be] a type of sleep disorder? After all, the brain pathways involved in paying attention have also been ...
Fake food news: Non-GMO Project sets standard for misleading consumers
[Editor's note: Kavin Senapathy is a freelance writer and co-author of The Fear Babe: Shattering Vani Hari’s Glass House.] As a ...
10 ways Whole Foods misleads consumers about organic food and farming
[Editor's note: Hank Campbell is president of the American Council on Science and Health.] I was at a meeting with ...
Parkinson’s target of China’s first clinical trial using embryonic stem cells
In the next few months, surgeons in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou will carefully drill through the skulls of people ...
Cancer patients find hope in immunotherapy drug that exploits genetic glitches
In August 2014, [colon cancer patient Stefanie Joho] stumbled into Johns Hopkins University for her first infusion of the immunotherapy drug ...
Liberal awakening: Ignorance of GMO science has no ideology
[Emily Thorne is a 17-year-old aspiring journalist from Athens, Georgia.] For a long time, I was part of the anti-GMO movement. It ...
Read ELP’s Nicholas Staropoli Reddit Science ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Epigenetics: Hype and Health
Editor’s Note: On Friday, June 2nd from 1pm–3pm EDT, ELP director Nicholas Staropoli hosted a Reddit-science Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) about the hype surrounding ...
Video: Organic food is a great business but a bad environmental investment
[Editor's note: Bjorn Lomborg is director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and a visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School.] There are no health benefits ...
Philippine’s GMO media coverage has moved from fear to science, study finds
The Philippine media developed a matured editorial position over 17 years of modern biotechnology reporting, according to the new publication ...
Intelligence definitively linked to genetics: Does this open doors to racism?
Your intelligence is partly due to hard work, nutrition, and education. But you can also thank (or blame) your genes ...
Blue feces: Modified gut bacteria could indicate colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease
Checking the hue of your feces could soon reveal why you are feeling off-color. Gut bacteria in mice have been ...
