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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Obesity may be causing earlier puberty in girls
For the past two decades scientists have been trying to unravel a mystery in young girls. Breast development, typical of ...
Reporter at Mother Jones, usually virulently anti-GMO, declares GMO’s ‘totally safe to eat’
Chipotle announced this week that it will stop serving food made with genetically modified organisms. The company wants you to ...
5 questions answered on glyphosate
The world’s most widely-used herbicide has been getting a lot of attention lately. Last month, an international agency declared glyphosate, ...
Why young Americans are cynical about GMOs, climate change
The growing distrust among Americans towards scientists and their work is well documented. In an era in which scientific output ...
Doctors save children’s lives with 3-D printed ‘airway splint’
Doctors at the University of Michigan have created the first 3-D printed device that can grow with an infant and disintegrate ...
Rise of autism due to increase in diagnoses, not higher prevalence of disorder
Despite the increase in reported prevalence of autism spectrum disorder, there is no direct evidence that this corresponds to an ...
Stem cell therapy might help prevent brain tumors in breast cancer patients
Researchers have developed a mouse model of brain-metastatic breast cancer and found the potential of stem-cell-based therapy to eliminate metastatic ...
How modern health care stems from basic human evolutionary needs
It is now accepted that the expression of certain genes can have a significant impact on both normal and abnormal ...
How DNA testing transformed matchmaking in Orthodox Jewish community
In 1983, the wife of ultra-orthodox Brooklyn rabbi Yosef Eckstein, gave birth to their fifth child. But the couple’s happiness ...
Could drinking alcohol have prevented cholera epidemic?
When microbiologist Janet Guthrie of Inverness, Scotland found a poster from the time of the city's early-1800s cholera outbreak, urging ...
Video: Canadian scientists say glyphosate hazard but not health risk
In March, the World Health Organization released a report that listed glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans." Glyphosate is widely used ...
Radiophobia: Dental x-rays can kill you!–and other sage advice from the Land of Oz
We evolved in an environment that provides constant low level radiation. Our cells are good at dealing with it, and ...
Gluten-free fits food myth narrative about eating ‘unnatural’ foods
There is a growing sense that people — in particular those who don't suffer from celiac disease — are being a ...
Letter to Dr. Oz: ‘Your rebuttal full of logical fallacies’
Dear Dr. Oz, As a TV host, book author, and "America's Doctor," you hold a powerful and privileged position to ...
HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on Oz: ‘Worst person in scrubs that has ever been on television’
John Oliver outlines what, exactly is problematic about Dr. Oz and the nutrition supplement industry. He calls out Dr. Oz, who ...
Can science risk tolerating the alternative medicine world of Oz?
The Dr. Oz Show provides critics with ample material: séances, energy healing, miracle diet products. Once a media darling, Oz ...
Is it dehumanizing to call children born with disabilities ‘divine’?
My brother was born with Down’s syndrome and for most of his life, people have been making it a point ...
Could mitochondria DNA editing be a more sound alternative to three-person IVF?
Salk Institute scientists used specifically engineered molecular scissors to snip out mutations in embryos, leaving healthy DNA intact. They hope ...
So-called endogenous retroviruses could guide embryonic development, defend young cells from virus infections
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of years ...
Oz bungled attempt to shift focus to his critics
Dr. Oz is finally responding to his critics. But rather than address their complaints head on, he mostly wants to ...
DNA screening not always useful for predicting health problems
Let’s say you have a whole lot of money. Let’s say you have so much money that, even after you’ve ...
David Gorski: Dr. Oz joins Natural News’ Mike Adams in quackery hall of fame–and he’s “despicable” too
Dr. Oz has officially become Mike Adams, the looniest of quack loons and conspiracy theorists, whose massively unhinged attacks on ...
Coffee: Guilty pleasure or life saving elixir?
Coffee is ubiquitous, grown in more than 70 countries. But it's also a drug, with caffeine as the primary psychoactive ...
“Dr. Oz stands up for First Amendment right to promote false health claims”
In case you haven't been keeping up with Dr. Mehmet Oz since he won a spot in America's heart by ...
Another study confirms vaccines still don’t cause autism
In the latest study on the vaccines, researchers find even more evidence that childhood immunizations aren’t linked to autism. In ...
