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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FDA regulatory maze: China has replaced the U.S. as the global hub for biotech drug development
Five years ago, U.S. pharmaceutical companies didn’t license any new drugs from China. By 2024, one-third of their new compounds were coming ...
AI tool can assess a person’s health by analyzing a photograph
Scientists have developed an A.I. tool that they say can help assess a patient’s health — and potentially guide their ...
Treating genetic disorders before birth: Prenatal and newborn genetic screening is surging
Advances in modern medicine allow us to treat fetuses and newborn babies for genetic or inherited diseases. Recent studies have ...
With malaria ravaging East Africa at a rising rate, European and U.S. backed anti-vaxxers target lifesaving vaccines
In early April, at the national launch of Uganda's malaria vaccine, 31-year-old Caroline Akot cradled her 9-month-old child, who had ...
Revolutionizing, disrupting or subverting? 100 days in, Trump is upending food, health, and climate policy
The First 100 Days: How Trump and Vance Have Changed Food, Agriculture, Health, and Climate. January 20, 2025: President Donald ...
“Total crackpot” and “talks to trees”: Trump picks ‘functional medicine’ advocate for Surgeon General
President Trump’s selection of Dr. Casey Means, a Stanford-educated wellness specialist and book author, as his next surgeon general [has] ...
Viewpoint: Aborted fetus debris in malaria vaccines? RFK, Jr.’s latest fabrication
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a bizarre new “explanation” for the deadly measles outbreak sweeping western Texas. According to public health experts, the ...
Are biological chemicals a promising possible alternative to some crop chemicals?
[A]s consumers grow increasingly concerned about the environmental and health impacts from the chemicals, there’s a pivot toward what the ...
Should the EU ease restrictions on CRISPR and other gene edited crops: ‘Yes’, says a plant researcher vs. No, from a anti-GMO activist scientist
Few topics are as divisive and controversial as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The same level of contention also characterises new ...
Malaria and Africa: Could gene-edited gene drives contain the scourge or are they an ecological threat and a boon to global corporations?
Fifteen African countries are involved in a globally-funded project to test a developing technology known as gene drives to control ...
How might humans evolve if we colonized Mars
[H]ow will our fragile Earth-borne bodies react if we were to live on another planet like Mars? ... Even if ...
Viewpoint: Sociogenomics—Challenging the ethics of IQ-based gene selection
[A] US start-up that offers eugenic embryo selection. Heliospect Genomics aims to enable wealthy couples to select the “most intelligent” ...
‘Massive breakthrough’: In breakthrough microsurgery, surgeons use an abdomen blood vessel to reconstruct breasts
A patient who had pioneering breast reconstruction surgery said she took part ‘for all the women who will come after ...
GLP podcast: Harmless snake venom, deadly water? The paradox of “toxic” chemicals with Dr. Kevin Folta
An untreated rattlesnake bite can kill you, yet drinking the same dose of venom is generally harmless, courtesy of the ...
Florida becomes 2nd state to ban fluoride in drinking water with 4 other states mulling legislation
Florida has become the latest state to restrict fluoride additives in public drinking water, after Governor Ron DeSantis signed the ...
Viewpoint: Scientist defends the safety of glyphosate—and explains why that matters
Glyphosate is not risk-free — no chemical is. But compared to alternatives (even “natural” ones), it remains one of the ...
RFK, Jr.’s MAHA ‘chronic disease epidemic’ tsunami sweeps across America
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement, which focuses on ending what President Donald Trump's health secretary calls the “chronic disease epidemic,” ...
Viewpoint: How our food choices impact the global environment
Messaging about healthy and sustainable food choices — buying local, the best diets, the cost of nutritious food — can ...
Gene therapy offers hope for people with rare, exorbitantly-expensive-to-treat diseases
[S]tunning advances in genetic science have revealed the subtle, insidious culprits behind [rare genetic] diseases and have started paving the ...
Viewpoint: ‘Pesticide soaked’—Activists target sustainable ‘no till’ farming, but science disagrees
A Washington D.C.-based environmental group published a lengthy report [April 29, 2025] criticizing no-till systems across the U.S. for their ...
Viewpoint: The wellness industry is rife with bad science and fraud. It’s gaining traction
The wellness Industry has made a business of scaring people into thinking they are at risk from the benign and ...
Viewpoint: Is drinking water harmful? Activist paper demonstrates how science can be twisted to open the door to tort claims
The drinking water treatment process is designed to remove harmful pathogens that are prevalent in nature, but a new study ...
Most mammals are hairy. Why not humans?
Humans are members of a weirdly exclusive club of mostly naked mammals, sharing that honorable distinction with the likes of ...
GLP spaces on X: Sugar ‘addiction’—sound science or public health mythology?
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What are the barriers limiting organic food consumption globally
Current dietary practices significantly contribute to environmental degradation, with organic food consumption emerging as a viable alternative for promoting sustainability ...
Girls physically mature years earlier than boys. Does that mean they develop faster cognitively, too?
“It has long been known that girls reach puberty earlier than boys, that they become physically mature earlier. However, we ...
Intermittent fasting – timing when you eat – has legions of supporters but not strong science to back it up
Intermittent fasting has been shown to lead to some weight loss in several studies. But it might not work better than other ...
