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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IARC adds to ‘risk’ vs ‘hazard’ confusion
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. According to IARC’s own ...
Does DNA really make you who you are?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The ad for Ancestry.com's ...
More than just BRCA determines breast cancer risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Although testing women for ...
‘FDA approval of genetically engineered salmon is win for environment’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After 20 years of ...
Biohackers aim to turn bacteria into tiny insulin-making machines
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The 370 million people ...
Are GMOs to blame for the loss of nutrients in our fruits and vegetables?
Mineral and nutrient depletion, blamed on GMOs by anti-biotech activists, began long before GMOs were introduced. Time to look for ...
Early eugenics movement first introduced biology to politics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For centuries, human hereditary ...
Resistance genes found making bacteria impervious to all antibiotics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Well that’s ironic. As ...
Frozen embryos to be discarded in California divorce dispute
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A woman must abide ...
Genes predisposing childhood cancer identified, point to future treatments
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As a doctor who ...
US ceasing use of chimpanzees in medical research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The National Institutes of ...
Will Chipotle’s food poisoning scare and Fukushima rethink help society overcome radiation phobia?
Hype about radiation dangers is ever present, as we live in a radiophobic society, but the Chipotle food poisoning incidents ...
Doctors lobby to ban direct-to-consumer marketing of prescription drugs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. You can’t watch TV ...
White House announces microbiome initiative but science on gut bacteria still unsettled
The Unified Microbiome Initiative seeks to unlock the mystery of the human biome and the role of genetics in shaping ...
American Academy of Pediatrics: ‘Antibiotics in animal feed endanger kids’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Overuse of antibiotics in ...
Justice department cracking down on self-regulated nutritional supplements industry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USPlabs, which made the ...
‘Stem cell tourism’ pushing patients towards unproven procedures
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Stem cell scientists appear ...
Non-invasive genetic screening safer alternative for prenatal tests
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Peering into the human ...
Prescription antibiotics alter microbial community in gut
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Doctors and patients alike ...
Western diet, loss of gut microbial diversity may lead to chronic diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists suspect our intestinal ...
WHO: Public doesn’t understand how antibiotics work, confounding global crisis response
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A multi-country survey revealed ...
Oxytocin not really ‘trust’ hormone after all
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ten years ago, Nature ...
Why blacks sleep less: Race or racism?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. African Americans sleep on ...
Risk song: Many things can harm you (but glyphosate is not one of them)
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this video to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What have we learned from ...
Genetic tests makes prenatal health screenings safer, more reliable
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As one of the ...
Can GMOs cure cancer? Genetically engineered algae found to kill cancer cells
Scientists have genetically engineered algae, transforming them into targeted drug delivery systems to target cancer. It's worked in the lab ...
