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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Golden Rice in India: Is it necessary? What are impediments to adoption?
The leading cause of life-altering disability in India is health risks linked to poor diets--which rice engineered to produce vitamin ...
Variety of infections linked to lower IQ scores
People who have had an infection that made them so sick they had to be hospitalized may have IQs that ...
Does the brain have to learn how to be sick – or well?
The power of the nervous system lies in its ability to learn, even through adulthood. Networks of neurons discover new ...
Socialist magazine rejects elites disdain for ‘industrial agriculture’
The Luddites’ fable of disaster, of a fall from grace, smacks more of wishful thinking than of digging through archives ...
How much useful information can genetic testing provide about disease?
Reading a genome sequence is like consulting an oracle in many ways—the messages must be interpreted carefully and often in ...
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 ...
Organic not healthier than other foods: Organic junk food still junk
Demand for organic foods keeping growing, and big box retailers and mainstream grocery chains, from Walmart to Costco, have jumped ...
Nature vs nuture debate put to rest: Both equally important in determining traits
It has long been a subject of debate: are human traits determined by nurture or nature? Now, a team of ...
White House issues endorsement of microbiome research for health, environment
Advances in gene-sequencing technology have expanded our knowledge of microorganisms, revealing new species in every environment from the upper atmosphere ...
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” ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
