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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GMOs changed how pesticides used, cutting overall usage but raising health questions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. GMOs have been changing ...
Can Golden Rice, other nutritionally enhanced crops, fulfill promise to reduce malnutrition?
Despite public health and humanitarian efforts, it is estimated that at least 3.1 million children die each year and 161 ...
Social, economic inequality plays significant role in determining health outcome
Last year, The Detroit News covered a disturbing story of health inequity. For children, Detroit is the deadliest city in ...
Should genetic counselors dissuade termination of pregnancies with Down syndrome risk?
Several people have sent me a perspective piece by bioethicist Art Caplan in PLOS Biology, “Chloe’s Law: A Powerful Legislative Movement ...
Breast cancer genetic tests, beyond BRCA, can help personalize treatment plan
When the results of a test wouldn’t change how doctors manage a patient’s care, most say it’s not worth doing ...
New Exploitation documentary tackles dangers, unknowns of egg donation procedures
Eggsploitation: Maggie’s Story is the fourth in a series of original documentaries about assisted reproduction directed by Jennifer Lahl, president and ...
Media gets it wrong: There are no GMO peanuts
OLé peanut, a new Spanish peanut variety released earlier this year by the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the Oklahoma ...
Organs from transgenic pigs could address transplant organ shortage
Researchers have been shattering organ survival records in xenotransplantation, or between-species organ transplants. The researchers have kept a pig heart alive ...
Meet blebb: To treat addiction, would you agree to have your memory erased?
Scientists have found a way to keep memories made while using meth from becoming permanent, erasing the lure of drugs ...
Fetal stem cells may soon see breakthrough in Parkinson’s research
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been among the leading recipients of federal grants for research projects that involve ...
Response to Steven Pinker: Society can’t afford for bioethicists to ‘get out of the way’ of science
"Get out of the way." So said the European colonists as they pushed indigenous Africans, Americans, Aborigines, and Maoris off ...
Why do intelligent people live longer? It’s in your DNA
Smarter people tend to live longer than those with less luck in the intelligence department. Now, a new study hints ...
Scientists, fearing safety, silent as Planned Parenthood attacked for sale of fetal issue
In recent weeks, it’s been nearly impossible not to hear people — presidential candidates, attorneys general, lawmakers, pundits, outraged relatives ...
Pollinator myth: Are bees responsible for one third of global food, heightening crisis? More like 7%
Aren’t bees responsible for a third of the world’s food, and 90 percent of global nutrition — claims invoked by ...
Science fiction? Hollywood weighs in on GMOs
Actress and lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow recently appeared on Capitol Hill to promote GMO labeling. We applaud her willingness to get involved in the political ...
Dementia more common as population ages, but is it an epidemic?
Another day, another alarming brain-related story hits the news: Dementia is striking victims earlier and death rates are soaring Modern ...
Can microbes be a cause, and cure, for Alzheimer’s?
One great frustration of longer-living humans is that millions of us will one day lose our minds. Our essence will whither ...
New IVF genetic screening technique gives newborns disease-free birth
Melbourne IVF was the first clinic in the state to introduce karyomapping, a test that allows couples to screen the ...
Genetics may open door to new treatments of mental disorders
Mental disorders are notoriously hard to treat. We now know that many psychological diseases are rooted in our DNA. That's ...
Legionnaires bacteria discovered in more NYC buildings as death toll rises
Twelve people have died from Legionnaires' disease amid the largest outbreak the city has experienced in its history, Mayor de Blasio ...
Ethnic groups fear of personal genomics could hurt disenfranchised communities
A decade ago, biologist Ting Wu saw a need to promote education and interest in genetics among consumers, as well ...
‘Blood on their hands’? Withdrawal of Golden Rice study for non science reasons feeds anti-GMO fervor
A 2012 article in the nutrition literature might have been the most momentous contribution to public health worldwide since Dr. Jonas Salk’s announcement ...
Neil Young embraces GMOs to prolong his life, but tries to block benefits for others
Neil Young: Grammy-award winning musician and GMO-hater? That’s the clear message from Young’s latest album, released earlier this summer. “The Monsanto Years,” ...
Tiny petri dish ‘organoids’ aren’t perfect, but show big promise
It was an otherwise normal day in November when Madeline Lancaster realized that she had accidentally grown a brain. For ...
Sorry, Paleo-dieters: Big human brain needs carbs to evolve
A new study, co-written by researchers from the University of Sydney, challenges the belief that meat deserves all the credit [for ...
New Ebola vaccine may reshape regulation of clinical drug trials
When Ebola broke out in West Africa in December 2013, triggering the largest-ever epidemic of the disease, there was no ...
