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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Toddler overcomes odds to survive internal decapitation
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Rylea Taylor pulled ...
GM plants can make drugs less costly, more attainable
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The cost of pharmaceuticals ...
Parkinson’s treatment shows promise in early trials
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An expensive cancer drug ...
‘Narcissistic food intolerance epidemic’ rages among affluent
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Friends in Venice saw a restaurant ...
Talking Biotech: India’s cotton whitefly attack; Vitamin-enhanced cassava
Hervé Vanderschuren on vitamin-enhanced cassava; Laura Boykin on India's whitefly cotton infestation ...
TNT’s “The Last Ship” shadows Ebolavirus crisis: How realistic is a contagious vaccine?
It’s wildly imaginative and the science breakthroughs and clinical development of a breathable treatment happen all too quickly on the ...
Gene tests may help identify best psychiatric meds
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The U.S. Food and ...
Techno-pressed societies sleep no less than primitive ones
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For years, public health ...
Many parents buy into ‘faulty premise’ that organic safer for kids
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It is almost a ...
Is the organic movement really ‘a scam’?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After my last article, ...
Ebola remaining in survivors’ semen causes concern for further spread
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new study shows ...
CRISPR-engineered pig organs may one day be suitable for human transplants
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Recently, scientists gathered at ...
Twin study in space: Gemini mid-mission update on pathbreaking nature-nuture research
In genetic research, twin studies are the gold standard to address the nature/nurture quandary. The current space mission highlights the ...
First-borns get better education, but worse eyesight
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s bad enough for ...
Do gut microbes exert influence over the brain?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Nearly a year has ...
Difficulty treating anorexia may be deeply rooted in brain’s circuits
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A new study published ...
Gene tests for psychiatric drugs benefit industry, but do they help patients?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetic tests to identify ...
Can Dr. Oz rehabilitate image as haven for pseudoscience?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Federal Trade Commission had ...
Bacterial genes that make mercury deadly identified
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The sleepy fishing village ...
Precision medicine’s cost challenges: Are there lower tech alternatives?
Precision medicine is leading to cures but at high cost to healthcare systems. But there are emerging examples of lower-tech ...
What keeps your microbiome happy?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The microbes in your ...
Brain scans can predict intelligence
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Now that neuroscientists have ...
What to do when gene test for breast cancer risk comes back uncertain?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In 2013, U.S. actress ...
How much can a gene test really tell you about your health?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the past few ...
Regulatory oversight may have allowed deadly pig virus into US in 2013
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. How diseases cross borders ...
How to distinguish a GMO hard-boiled egg from an organic one
This, is a Public Service Announcement from the good folks at Big Organic. Protect yourselves.... For the full explanation of ...
Will chronic fatigue syndrome receive attention it deserves?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This past July, Brian ...
