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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Just what the public is clamoring for: Non-GMO not tested on animals condoms
Question: Are they edible? ...
Designer viruses and precision medicine: New findings for the future of gene therapies
Precision and personalized medicine have at their heart the promise of targeting diseases with specialized therapies specific to certain types ...
Could doctors use CRISPR to ‘fix’ broken DNA?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย Today, medicine recognizes more ...
Throat bacteria show possible link between schizophrenia and microbiome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย No one is quite ...
How scientists evaluate potential health problems of GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. One major public concern ...
Computer simulation reveals how cancer cells evolve
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย Could Charles Darwin help ...
Black death plague is back; Correction it never left, thanks to evolution
Yes, the dreaded plague still haunts it. Why? Because as with any species, the bacteria that cause the disease have ...
A mess: PLOS mistakenly publishes rejected ADHD-herbicide paper, retracts it
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. PLOS One has retracted ...
Baby brain: Do women really suffer cognitive deficits during childbirth?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย As many as four ...
Jimmy Carter’s cancer revelation: What do you do with a family history of cancer?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย One look at President ...
Should Australia allow sex selection in IVF?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย As part of a ...
‘GMO technology could become solution to, rather than cause of, food allergies’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2000 the FDA ...
Vitamin D deficiency carries possible link to multiple sclerosis
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย People genetically prone to ...
Electrical ‘switch’ in cells may keep cancer cells under control
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย Research led by scientists ...
Hell on wheels for organic purists?
Oh, the organic humanity... ? Won't anyone think of the children...? ...
Did children of Holocaust survivors really inherit trauma in genes?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย There are now several ...
Can Bernie Sanders act like a progressive on GMOs, overcome tribal allegiances, embrace science?
The desire to eat organic and the opposition to genetic modification technology in agriculture can be primal and precautionary to ...
Do gut bacteria play role in eating disorders?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย Our guts are home ...
ADHD mystery: Claims of no attention deficit disorder in France challenged
Some say low French ADHD rates reflect poor diagnoses. Others say they show ADHD isn't biological. Geneticists say they're working ...
Hawaii activists marshall anecdotes to claim GMOs, pesticides linked to birth defects
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. Local doctors find themselves ...
Dementia rates have dropped, despite aging population
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย Itโs one public health ...
FDA warns ‘Low T’ testosterone supplements may do aging men more harm than good
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย The ads are all ...
New MERS outbreak in Saudi Arabia causing concern ahead of Hajj pilgrimage
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย When last we checked ...
“Female viagra” flibanserin pushed through FDA under false cover of feminism
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.ย As Iโve written here, ...
Philadelphia Inquirer joins long list of prominent newspapers opposing GMO labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. America's foremost nutritional problem ...
Organic food recalls due to bacterial contamination soaring
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. New data collected byย Stericycle, ...
Non GMO salt? Water? Food companies exploit GMO free labels, misleading customers, promoting misinformation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. Last year, Evolution Salt ...
