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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‘It’s time to have a conversation’: Once adamantly opposed to human gene editing, UK’s The Guardian acknowledges likely benefits
Ever since Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology emerged in the early 2010s, ethical questions around genetically altered humans, so-called designer babies, have ...
40 million Americans take glucosamine. If you have memory loss, it could accelerate cognitive decline.
People with Alzheimer’s disease who took the common supplement glucosamine were 25% more likely to die within five years than ...
Viewpoint: What’s the impact of the U.S. abandoning support for global health?
Worsening fiscal constraints and changing policy priorities have resulted in significant funding cuts to global health and development programs. While ...
Viewpoint: With trust in doctors and mainstream medicine collapsing, medical professionals need a new communications strategy
Institutional trust has been in decline since the late 1950s, Stephanie Baker, PhD, professor of sociology at City St George’s, ...
Wellness grifters overwhelm information channels in the developing world, and the problem is escalating
A scroll through TikTok, Instagram or Facebook is enough to find supplements claiming to do almost everything. Lose weight. Reverse ...
Pete Hegseth’s bizarre Viagra commercial as Trump administration endorses ‘hormone replacement therapy’
Pete Hegseth announced [on July 15, 2026] that the Department of Defense will offer testosterone deficiency screening for soldiers 30 and ...
US court revives 550 lawsuits claiming Tylenol causes autism and ADHD. What does this ruling mean for science and the law?
A federal appeals court today revived more than 500 lawsuits alleging that Tylenol maker Kenvue failed to warn consumers that ...
Viewpoint: Polyphenols or NAD+ supplements to combat aging: No, Gwenyth Paltrow and followers, don’t waste your money.
“No, I don’t.” That’s my answer to the increasingly frequent questions I’ve been asked about whether I take anti-aging supplements ...
Across Eastern Europe, science disinformation has spread far beyond COVID and vaccine denialism. Here’s the grim list.
Medical misinformation in Poland has become in 2025 a much larger ecosystem than the old anti-vaccination narratives. A NASK report, ...
Viewpoint: Supplements to clean your liver? Not a good idea.
As cases of liver disease and public awareness of the organ's role in overall health have risen, so have sales ...
Which among war, weather and cyber attacks is the biggest world threat? None of the above. It’s misinformation, and here’s why.
The UN and the World Economic Forum have identified misinformation and disinformation as top global risks—ranking them as higher short-term ...
Viewpoint: Long-contained diseases are on the rise in the U.S. Are Trump cuts to blame?
As beachgoers flock to water during the busy July Fourth weekend, danger could be lurking in some areas. Researchers this ...
Viewpoint: A plastic surgeon on why banning gender-transition surgery without further research is wrong and harmful
In [February, 2026], [The American Society of Plastic Surgeons] ASPS, a society for which I previously served on the Board ...
Cancer health facts are particularly susceptible to online misinformation
For someone who has just received a cancer diagnosis, the internet can become both a source of comfort and confusion ...
Snake-oil cures throughout history
From drinking excessive quantities of salt water during the Ebola outbreak to consuming horse urine and cow dung during the ...
Using AI for health questions? Here are 4 tips for the most accurate answers.
If you want to start, or continue using, a chatbot for your health questions, take these expert-recommended steps as you ...
Viewpoint: In abortion-restricting Florida, misinformation abounds when Republican congresswoman faces an ectopic pregnancy
In a recent interview with Tara Palmeri, Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., was unexpectedly asked about the life-threatening ectopic pregnancy she experienced ...
Belief in unproven dietary regimes, vitamins, and crank therapies is putting patients’ health in danger and increasing the risk of getting cancer
Social media misinformation about the use of dietary supplements such as turmeric, St John’s wort and magnesium is now so ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s rejection of air conditioning is the poster child for misunderstanding how to mitigate the impact of climate change
Europe is warming: ~0.5°C per decade since the 1980s. Figure 1 shows the continent’s annual count of days since 1950 ...
Viewpoint: SCOTUS strikes a blow against junk science in Bayer glyphosate case. Will it deter mass tort litigators?
Mass tort litigation grows like weeds. Last week, the Supreme Court created the ultimate lawsuit-killer by rejecting state court claims ...
Viewpoint: 21 worthless wellness trends inspired by RFK, Jr.’s ill-informed MAHA followers that can harm or even kill you.
Somewhere along the way, "wellness" went from drinking water and getting enough sleep to taking medical advice from a "looksmaxxing ...
Deeply-flawed ivermectin study revives scientifically unsupported miracle cancer drug myth
Though researchers have been studying the animal deworming drug ivermectin for decades, there is no evidence that it's a safe ...
Do cold plunges and contrast therapy work?
Images of people jumping from icy plunge baths after a period in saunas or hot tubs are heating up social ...
‘Alternative’ cancer treatments that could kill you
The diagnosis of cancer brings fear, uncertainty, and an urgent search for control. In that vulnerable moment, alternative cancer therapies ...
Kennedy-founded Children’s Health Defense doubles down on support for Idaho mother charged by a grand jury with murdering her twins last year after claiming vaccines killed them
An Idaho mother who said her 18-month-old twins died last year after receiving three vaccines has been charged with murder ...
Signal or noise? Study links GLP-1 drugs to slowing the aging process
A theory that GLP-1 medications like Ozempic or Zepbound might help people live longer has been bandied about by biohackers ...
Viewpoint: Trump poised to politicize all U.S.-supported science research
I recall the precise moment I realized U.S. science was in for a very rough time. My wife and I ...
