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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Weighing risks of glyphosate should lead to mindful use not elimination
Late last month, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization, issued a report ...
Exposing ‘charlatans’: Why Vani Hari’s days of popularity are waning
I am a friend of Yvette d’Entremont, A.K.A. Science Babe, and I am proud of her. She’s done a great ...
Can a placebo pill actually serve as drug therapy?
Placebos have helped to ease symptoms of illness for centuries and have been a fundamental component of clinical research to ...
Six decades ago, US celebrated first successful polio vaccine
Sixty years ago, at about the time you’re reading this, church bells began to ring across the United States. Cars honked ...
GENeS launches: New project provides journalists, NGOs, policy analysts scientific expertise on breaking stories
Journalists and policymakers take note: GENeS--Genetic Expert News Service--is now live! Turn to GENeS for independent expert analysis and commentary ...
Are humans genetically unique?
A new paper in Science reports high (20-40 percent) derived frequencies for an allele which seems correlated with higher rates of ...
For modern parents, how to weigh pros and cons of sequencing baby’s genome
At 31 years old, not a day goes by without overhearing one of my friends discuss the pros and cons ...
No, a single hormone cannot turn mice gay
In 2011, a group of scientists “turned mice gay.” The only issue is, of course, they didn’t. Rather, Yi Rao ...
How can we best consider the consequences of altering a human genome?
The advent of CRISPR/Cas9 again sees a biomedical technology challenging norms and raising concerns. CRISPR/Cas9 makes it comparatively easy to ...
Game of Life and Death: Can you dare the odds and make it past 100?
Washington Post releases a new interactive feature online that delves into 7 ways medical technology has evolved over the past ...
What rocks women? Evolution suggests tall guys with hot cars
In prehistoric times, the more dominant male was the more successful hunter, and he was physically stronger than most other ...
What’s more natural: Paleo diets or GMOs?
The see-food diet was the first so-called Paleo diet, not today's popular fad, premised on the false idea that there ...
Modified broccoli reduces LDL-cholesterol
A broccoli variety modified to have two to three times more of the naturally occurring compound glucoraphanin, which is linked ...
Chemophobia: Testing foods for glyphosate rises with fears over health risk
U.S. consumer groups, scientists and food companies are testing substances ranging from breakfast cereal to breast milk for residues of ...
Interview with Science Babe who took down Food Babe
Earlier this month, you probably would't have heard of Yvette d'Entremont, aka Science Babe. But after posting a Gawker article ...
Thousands of illnesses linked annually to organic foods
The World Health Organization used its annual World Health Day to focus on issues of food-borne illnesses and safety risks ...
Doctors to begin scanning fetus’ entire genome for genetic abnormalities
If you could gaze into a crystal ball and discover whether your newborn baby might have health problems, would you ...
Researchers across food, fuel, drug industries seek standards for synthetic biology
Synthetic biologists have a vision. Researchers in this young field, who build ‘devices’ from engineered genes and other molecular components, ...
County ballot measure in Oregon would limit university GMO research in crops, cancer, bioenergy
Shawn Mehlenbacher, the Oregon State University hazelnut breeder who developed varieties resistant to deadly Eastern Filbert Blight, says a Benton ...
Food Babe conundrum: Responding to scare mongering while addressing legitimate fears
We live in an age where lots of people have become suspicious of many things tagged by activists–and the media–as ...
Moms’ breastmilk helps establish healthy microbe community in babies’ gut
Breast milk seems like a simple nutritious cocktail for feeding babies, but it is so much more than that. It ...
Science Babe vs. Food Babe: Debunking Vani Hari’s overuse of word ‘toxin’
Vani Hari, AKA the Food Babe, has amassed a loyal following in her Food Babe Army. The recent subject of ...
Fears of GMO baby formula drive moms to buy contaminated breast milk online
Shoes, groceries, furniture, plane tickets—we’re used to being able to buy pretty much whatever we want online. If a pair ...
Audio interview: Zimbabwean regulatory official lauds multiple uses of GMOs in health, agriculture
National Biotechnology Authority registrar and chief executive officer Jonathan Mufandaedza spoke to NewsDay at the regional biotechnology training workshop at ...
Brain scan can help protect contact athletes from serious disease
Twelve years ago a rare and serious disease was discovered in the brain, post mortem, of U.S. football player"Iron" Mike ...
