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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Answers to why we age may lie in genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Driven by the quest ...
Government-funded poop bank delving into gut microbiome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Poop is a hot research ...
Transgender recognition greatly enhanced during Obama presidency
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Years before the White ...
Genes offer clues to why grandparents remain mentally alert
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Evolutionarily speaking, we are ...
Why Americans respond to drug placebos more than any other nationality
Remarkably the placebo effect--a fake treatment in which a person taking an inactive substance like sugar, water or saline solution ...
Obesity is in our head and in our genes
The sources of obesity look more biological, and less psychological, which opens new avenues toward addressing the crisis. Finding answers ...
Body’s immune response may be factor in Alzheimer’s risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Inflammation occurs when the ...
Racial perceptions rooted in part in genetics influence how doctors treat patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An 8-year-old black girl ...
Nature or nurture: Which makes you who you are?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It's an age-old debate: ...
Infographic: Household spending percentage for food
Today, there are more than 7 billion people on the planet. And although undernourishment remains an issue for about 11 ...
USDA urges alternatives to antibiotics for livestock health
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Antibiotics are lifesavers. We ...
Gene edited mosquitoes could wipe out malaria forever
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mutant mosquitoes engineered to ...
Deepak Chopra alert: Psychologists assess your bullshit detecting senses
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In what may well ...
Why elephants almost never get cancer–and why that might save human lives
Why don’t elephants die of cancer nearly as often as humans, even though they have about 100 times as many ...
Breastfeeding reduces cancer, diabetes risk
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Thanks to a deluge of ...
How much of a mutant are you?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Though we should certainly ...
Prenatal smoking exposure effects stick around in genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A collaborative research team ...
Geneticists aim to eradicate malaria with genetically engineered mosquitoes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a basement on ...
People should shun universal dietary advice for personalized regimens
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This Thanksgiving, before you ...
Unproven ‘miracle cure’ cancer treatment blocked by Brazilian court
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A court in the ...
Hungry? That might be the microbes talking
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Hear that little voice ...
Infographic: Innovation in corn crops to feed hungry world
For decades, U.S. corn yields languished at about 20-30 bushels per acre. But over time, regular investment in scientific research ...
Nutrigenomics: Can diets be tailored to an individual’s genetic make-up?
The answer, in the future, is "yes," but refining our understanding of personalized genomics means it will take time to ...
What do experts have to say on dangers, merits of gene editing?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Gene editing holds great ...
Language matters when reporting gene editing stories
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Center for Genetics ...
Can a price be placed on human eggs?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There’s something funny about ...
Understanding the Obesity Paradox: Why being overweight may be less concerning than being unfit
Instead of focussing purely on weight, an approach that also considers physical fitness provides the greatest potential to promote health ...
