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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GLP podcast: Legalize all drugs? Here’s an ER doctor’s perspective
As an increasing number of US states begin to liberalize their drug laws, allowing recreational use of marijuana and even ...
Rfk, Jr. guts U.S. support for mRNA vaccines that target bird flu, human flu and coronaviruses, falsely claiming they are dangerous despite decades of safe use
The US is making swingeing mRNA development cuts, hugely deprioritising a Nobel Prize-winning field of research widely lauded for its ...
Keeping your brain young and slowing cognitive decline as you age
Scientists have unveiled the strongest evidence yet that a combination of diet, exercise and brain training can improve thinking and ...
Directed evolution: We can now speed up evolution inside human cells by decades
Inspired by the generative abilities of AI, directed evolution, a biological system that works much like machine learning, can actually be ...
‘Doing your own research’ using AI? Watch out for hallucinations, delusions and misinformation
As a result of such immersive interactions with AI chatbots, many people are said to have “lost jobs, destroyed marriages ...
7 year study of the effects of GMO corn on primates shows what every other study has found: ‘No significant health risks’
A study spanning more than seven years has found no significant health risks associated with the long-term consumption of genetically modified (GM) maize in ...
Low testosterone? GLP-1 weight loss drugs boost male hormone levels by almost 50% even without weight loss
GLP-1 anti-obesity medications are linked with improvements in testosterone levels and health outcomes for men with obesity or type 2 ...
Science and the courts need to better distinguish between correlations and causation
Correctly distinguishing between correlation and causation is critical because it influences how treatments for illnesses are devised and tested. Also, ...
Can gene editing eliminate Down syndrome? Scientists have done it in lab-grown cells
Could Down syndrome one day be corrected at the cellular level? Japanese scientists may have taken an extraordinary step toward ...
Ectogenesis: How artificial placentas could aid premature babies, upend entrenched abortion views
Survival rates are likely to be improved for infants born prematurely, and those requiring invasive treatments -- including surgery, cell ...
Longevity medicine: Exploitation or an innovative approach to health?
Establishing a new discipline of medicine is no mean feat. Longevity doctors have started to make progress by establishing learning ...
Viewpoint: Tort lawyers are partnering with environmental groups and profiteering off of junk science
In recent years, an alarming trend has emerged in civil tort litigation. Attorneys are increasingly relying on questionable studies and ...
Human intelligence genes linked to cancer
A study led by Dr. LI Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of ...
GLP podcast: COVID shots in 2025. Who needs a booster and why?
Five years after COVID-19 began to turn the world upside down, controversy continues to rage around the life-saving mRNA vaccines ...
‘Three parent babies’ aren’t new. Here is what science has accomplished so far
[E]ight babies have been born in the UK following an experimental form of IVF that involves DNA from three people ...
Prescription roulette personalized medicine: How genetic testing could eliminate many drug side effects
For millions of Americans, taking medication is a routine and necessary part of maintaining health, but if you’ve watched drug ...
How our diet impacts hormones
Hormones are chemical messengers that quietly dictate everything from how well you sleep to how alert you feel, how easily ...
How to stop malaria-spreading mosquitoes? If approved, gene editing could do it
Each year, 263 million people get malaria. But from the parasite's perspective, infecting humans is harder than you might think, ...
From dyslexia to distinction: Remembering Dr. Beryl Benacerraf — a pioneer who transformed prenatal and gynecologic care
When, in 2022, I came across the obituary of Dr. Beryl Benacerraf, I was reminded of her father’s connection with ...
Universal cancer vaccine? mRNA technology is promising
An experimental mRNA vaccine that supercharges existing cancer treatments could be laying the groundwork for a “universal” cancer vaccine, according ...
Could AI avatars replace some frontline healthcare workers? That’s Dr. Oz’s plan
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), spent much of his first ...
Viewpoint: Time to shelve the scientifically outdated and misleading Precautionary Principle
Both regulations and toxic tort decisions, being guided by an antiquated Precautionary Principle, routinely seek to lower exposure to potential ...
Accusing them of being “woke” for endorsing diversity in medicine, RFK, Jr. plans to dismiss all 16 members of cancer screening advisory panel
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel ...
Viewpoint—Latest junk science: Ohio State pushes probiotic yogurt
A new paper from Ohio State University can be considered a giant endorsement for yogurt that makes you poop - but unfortunately ...
Viewpoint: How Greta Thunberg’s doomsday degrowth messaging dangerously fanned hopelessness in younger generations
After a movie at her school about garbage in the oceans left her in tears as a teenager, Greta Thunberg ...
Genetic tests can now predict childhood obesity, especially in whites—and could be employed to sharply curtail it
What if we could prevent people from developing obesity? The World Obesity Federation expects more than half the global population ...
GLP podcast: Questionable COVID response fueled the MAHA movement. How should scientists respond?
One of the many troubling consequences of the COVID pandemic has been a resurgent anti-vaccine movement, brought to unprecedented prominence ...
