Health
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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Genome tracking tech could make improve food safety and reduce food fraud
Each year foodborne illnesses caused by these microorganisms sicken 48 million Americans, hospitalize 128,000 and kill 3,000.... Food fraud is ...
Woman’s rapid weight gain raises questions over fecal transplant
The case of a normal-weight woman who rapidly became obese after receiving a fecal transplant from an overweight relative has ...
Obesity becoming less severe in young children
The rise in childhood obesity, which has left one in three children overweight, may be beginning to level off in ...
Gut microbes may be engineered to fight vitamin deficiency
It's easy to forget how horrifying the effects of a vitamin deficiency can be. Each year, up to 500,000 children ...
Neurological impact of premature birth starting to become known
Thanks to medical advances since the 1970s, premature infants — those born before 37 weeks of gestation — are increasingly ...
Toxic warning alert: Food Babe’s new book full of chemicals
Vani Hari, aka the Food Babe Babe, is launching her new book The Food Babe Way, in just a few short ...
Motion sickness? Genes might be to blame
Breathe deep and look at the horizon. It’s the sagely advice many of us have heard who experience motion sickness, ...
Growing privacy concerns over California DNA collection
Privacy advocates are calling for more safeguards related to a state collection of DNA samples from 16 million Californians in ...
Anti-Vaxx? Anti-GMO? Or just simply Anti-science?
While having been one of the visible opponents for vaccinations, the View's host Jenny McCarthy made a bit of a startling ...
Circadian desynchrony: Can obesity be treated with electricity?
Could a key factor in the obesity epidemic be attributed to the disruption of our metabolic functions (which are intended ...
That ‘Precision Medicine’ initiative? A Reality Check
What, precisely, is Precision Medicine? It's pretty much everything. The ambition of the plan is admirable, but the hurdles in ...
How activists, sloppy reporters turned genetic firewall story into hysteria-gram on GMO dangers
In the hands of activists and sloppy reporters, breakthrough research on setting genetic 'kill switches' to prevent synthetic genes from ...
Epigenetic markers predict mortality better than biological age
Chemical changes to DNA that accumulate over a lifetime amount to a kind of biological clock. By analyzing these changes, ...
Paralysis-causing virus proving difficult to identify
Since August 2014, more than 100 children and young adults in the United States have developed a mysterious paralysis. Many ...
Breakthrough in breast cancer research reveals epigenetic link
Decoding the letters of the human genome revolutionised scientists' understanding of the role of genetic mutations in many diseases, including ...
Sometimes, evolution comes with negative side effects
From rashes to irritable bowels, people today face certain health challenges because our ancestors evolved the genetic variations associated with ...
With House of Commons decision looming, what are researchers’ opinions on mitochondrial replacement?
On February 3, 2015, the House of Commons will be given the opportunity to approve a remarkable scientific technique: mitochondrial ...
What does Obama’s precision medicine initiative mean for future medical research?
The precision medicine initiative proposed by President Barack Obama last week would center on a huge new biobank containing medical ...
For hypersomniacs, no amount of sleep is enough
For most teenagers, getting out of bed in the morning is a drag. But when Lloyd Johnson was 13 years ...
Why ‘precision medicine” initiative will fall short of hype
President Obama's new budget is expected to include hundreds of millions of dollars for so-called precision medicine. The initiative, which ...
Longevity and Alzheimer’s risk both linked to one gene
People who carry a mutated gene linked to longer lifespan have extra tissue in part of the brain that seems ...
Sights set on CRISPR as potential tool in treating genetic diseases
Astra Zeneca has announced a research programme to develop a generation of medicines to treat the genetic causes of many ...
Political views dictate what science issues receive the most attention
In American scientization of politics culture, evolution acceptance is a big deal, as is climate change. Yet other science acceptance ...
Neuroscience needs to globalize focus on mental health
Neuroscience holds the key to understanding the brain – and to developing more effective treatments for people with mental health ...
Does the air you breathe alter your DNA?
Breathing nasty urban pollution does more than clog up your lungs — it actually messes with your genes. This disturbing ...
African elites blame early puberty on GMOs, sabotaging nutrition-enhanced cassava, matooke
It is fashionable in Africa to blame everyinexplicable heath condition on genetic engineered food. It's part of a campaign organized ...
Will genome sequencing provide impediment to medicine?
Genomics is increasingly hailed by many as the turning point in modern medicine. Advances in technology now mean we’re able ...
