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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Lifestyle changes can’t alter DNA: Claiming it can is a public disservice
Lifestyle changes have profound effects on human health, more so than most blockbuster drugs. But despite their potency, supplements, exercise ...
Test for plaque in brain might clue future Alzheimer’s risk
The largest analysis to date of amyloid plaques in people’s brains confirms that the presence of the substance can help ...
Safety and efficacy of oxytocin hormone treatments brought to question
There’s a new paper out by Gareth Leng and Mike Ludwig that bears the coy title “Intranasal Oxytocin: Myths and Delusions” ...
‘Angelina Jolie effect’: How genetic tests for cancer risk help patients with difficult decisions
Lori Heid was about to get the results of a genetic test that looked for mutations in 25 genes known ...
Genetically modified plants could fight colon cancer
New research suggests scientists can use plants to deliver a type of genetic material called microRNA, which can help prevent ...
Oregon county GMO ban could shut down scientific research
The GMO debate takes us to Oregon where one county is set to vote on banning GMOs. But it could ...
Youthful blood may not be a miracle elixir against aging, despite hopeful research
For decades, scientists have sought to understand the anti-ageing effects of parabiosis, a technique in which researchers sew a young ...
Food, genetic engineering and public opinion: Do popular concerns matter?
Confounding many scientists, the public remains skeptical of GM foods yet embraces biotech medicines. Why the difference? What can we ...
Autism study reveals patterns in family genetics
A study of 2,377 children with autism, their parents and siblings - data from families with one child with autism ...
Going bald? It’s not your mother’s fault
You’re only 25 and you’ve begun to lose your hair? Before you freak out (entirely), remember that everyone loses hair ...
How psychologist made decision to end own life after Alzheimer’s diagnosis
For two years, Sandy Bem, a Cornell psychology professor, had been experiencing what she called “cognitive oddities”: forgetting the names of ...
New therapy could greatly improve lives of cystic fibrosis patients
A "groundbreaking" cystic fibrosis therapy could profoundly improve patients' quality of life, say doctors. Patients often die before their 40s ...
Should genetic testing be more widely used in medicine than it already is?
As the price of genetic testing continues to fall and the value of the information we're getting from those tests ...
Genetics might help explain why some people have stronger emotions than others
Your genes may influence how sensitive you are to emotional information, according to a new study which found that carriers ...
Genetics of depression: Could a test have prevented the Germanwings catastrophe?
Major depression affects an estimated 10 percent of the population and often runs in families. Could a genetic test could ...
Removing antibiotics from food makes a difference, removing GMOs doesn’t
A lot of food companies are jumping on the transparency bandwagon. Panera, Chipotle, and Pepsi are labeling foods and removing ...
Claims that technology is making children autistic are unfounded
Here we go again. Recently, British newspapers: The Telegraph, The Independent and The Metro (a paper given out free on public transport right across the ...
Rabies virus becomes unlikely tool for mapping brain networks
Humans have a long tradition of turning things that harm us into things that help us. We made bears into ...
In medicine, listening to the patient matters
Medicine is dominated by the quants. We learn about human health from facts, and facts are measurable. A disease is ...
Celiac disease linked to nerve damage, but doctors still not sure why
Celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that causes intestinal damage when a person eats gluten, is still something of a medical mystery ...
My journey from suburban mom and chef to GMO and science advocate
I’m a suburban mom. I became an accidental activist when I uncovered a nefarious corporate/government scheme to poison my food ...
Why GMOs? Challenging anti-technology conspiracy theories
Used appropriately, genetic engineering is a fantastic tool—to create new life-saving drugs and encourage cutting edge ecologically based farming techniques ...
Science Babe is back! New target: Natural Food Movement
A few weeks ago, the website The Naked Label published a picture of a vibrant, colorful mushroom. It was captioned ...
Celebrity mom’s Mother’s Day video demonizes GMO foods as dangerous
Malin Akerman, Frances Fisher, Constance Zimmer, Sharon Osbourne. These Hollywood A-listers have one big thing in common: They’re mothers who ...
Should human germline gene editing even be considered for future use?
Rumors about human germline editing experiments prompted scientists to gather in January in Napa, Calif. Discussions there led two groups ...
Typhoid fever threat growing as antibiotic-resistant bacteria spreads
An antibiotic-resistant "superbug" strain of typhoid fever has spread globally, driven by a single family of the bacteria, called H58, ...
