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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Anti-GMO activist groups twist science, claiming glyphosate infects drinking water, threatens babies
This blog is a critical demonstration between what good science says, and how the anti-GM activists twist meanings beyond what ...
Henry Miller: UN glyphosate finding glosses over data to support ideological conclusion
For the first time since 1991, the focus of this International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) review was on ...
Autism: No, it’s not caused by glyphosate or circumcision, but is likely in our genes
Vaccines, glyphosate herbicide, chemtrails and even circumcision have been blamed for the increase in autism cases over the years. But ...
‘Great Indoors’: Your home is a jungle of tiny animal lodgers
When humans began building shelters about 20,000 years ago, we unrolled a welcome mat for other species. Over the past ...
Alzheimer’s drug slows cognitive decline, set for further trials
The search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has been riddled with failures, but a promising new drug could ...
We need to rethink how we think about death
There’s an ugliness to death that Paul Bennett - chief creative officer at Ideo, the global design firm that’s renowned for its ...
Why do we need sleep?
If you’re lucky, you’ll spend a third of your life asleep. “That’s pretty incredible if you think about it, because when we’re ...
Why do so many Americans fear Ebola, but reject vaccines?
Sitting and talking about the 10,000 people so-far killed by Ebola hemorrhagic fever in West Africa, it's easy to feel ...
US ‘Wild West’ of fertility industry
The Utah Legislature has taken a step into territory where state lawmakers rarely tread. It passed a law giving children conceived ...
Genetics of why listening to music feels so good
That song you can't get out of your head might be doing something more than prompting you to hum the ...
Is free will an illusion? Genes may determine more than you think
Whenever you read stories about identical twins separated at birth, they tend to follow the template set by the most ...
DNA testing fetus leads moms to their own cancer diagnoses
Moms undergoing genetic testing for fetal health sometimes learn they have cancer. Advances in fetal DNA testing are paving the ...
GMO-Luddite debate: Are anti-technology “progressives” promoting poverty or preserving traditions?
Of the top emerging technologies predicted to flourish in 2015, two have an immediate impact on GMOs and the genetics ...
GMO wine? Scientists developing hangover free nutritionally-enhanced vino
Imagine wine, only better for you and without the hangover the next day. Researchers from the University of Illinois are ...
Gene-based tools dramatically improving food safety
Today, the risk is stark: Forty-eight million Americans—one out of every six people—suffer from a foodborne illness every year, according ...
Aspirin may protect some against colorectal cancer
The link between taking aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDS, and colorectal cancer prevention is well established, but the mechanisms ...
Death of British journalist after eating organic peanuts highlights absurdity of GMO safety scare
The tragic death of a British journalist in Uganda who died of a toxic reaction to an organic groundnut underscores ...
Anti-organics researcher foodies love: Brian Wansink explains how to ‘trick’ ourselves into eating healthier
Brian Wansink, a Cornell food psychologist runs Cornell's Food and Brand Lab, devoted to studying how our physical surroundings—everything from supermarket ...
Do out-of-pocket genetic tests work against health care system?
Health insurance companies usually cover certain genetic testing as part of treatment (though they often pay little, if anything, for ...
Protein illuminates gene expression, may explain how tumors form
Scientists at York University in Toronto report that they discovered how living beings can keep gene expression in check. They ...
Head trauma linked to severe neurological problems for professional football players
The types of brain damage that can occur as a result of being a professional football player have received increased ...
Unlocking healing powers of the ‘neuroplastic’ brain: Norman Doidge on why ancient faith healers may have been right
Organizational anthropologist and new GLP contributing writer addresses the 'mysteries of the mind'--how the natural plasticity of the brain can ...
Microbes, like genes, pass from one generation to next
The mountains of genomic-sequencing data generated by the National Institutes of Health's Human Microbiome Project and recent studies provide strong ...
How do we weigh benefits and risks of human gene editing?
Replacing faulty genes in early human embryos and germ cells is within our grasp. Such changes affect DNA in the ...
Gold particles provide luminous peek into brain
Light can be used to activate normal, non-genetically modified neurons through the use of targeted gold nanoparticles, report scientists from ...
Ethical ‘decision day’: How should we regulate ‘gene editing’ of humans?
Should we tinker with the genes of our descendants? It's been a futuristic ethical debate for half a century. Now ...
Why human pheromone myth persists despite lack of scientific evidence
Every year around Valentine's Day, there is a rash of stories in the news about sexy smells and pheromones. You ...
