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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Viewpoint: Here’s why almost all sports supplements are a risky scam
Supplements are not benign. We think they are, but they aren’t. Some promise to boost muscle mass or improve sports ...
Viewpont: MACA—Make America Contagious Again. As the COVID pandemic turns 5, with Trump and RFK, Jr.’s health team in place, we’re less prepared for a crisis than ever before
What should we be doing that we’re not? First, we should be making investments, not cuts, in pandemic preparedness. The ...
An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away? No, that won’t limit strokes and could very well lead to stomach, intestinal and brain bleeding
Many people still believe the benefits of taking an aspirin every day to prevent heart attacks and strokes outweigh the ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr. peddles fringe theories to explain away measles outbreak and, again, falsely links vaccines to autism
[Robert F. Kennedy [Jr.] offered conflicting public health messages as he tried to reconcile the government’s longstanding endorsement of vaccines ...
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Here’s why you should not waste your money on cold- and flu-fighting supplements
In one study, researchers bought and analyzed 30 supplements that were being marketed on Amazon for immune health. According to the ...
Viewpoint: MIT computer scientist (frequently cited by RFK. Jr.) predicted that by 2025 50% of all U.S. children would be born autistic due to glyphosate exposure. She was off by only 1600%
In the annals of failed doomsday predictions, Dr. Stephanie Seneff’s claim that half of all U.S. children would be autistic ...
The dangerous allure of immortality: Why death is critical to live a fulfilling life
Most of the longevity movement is not really about immortality but rather about extending life and limiting the damaging effects ...
Plant-based oils: Non-margarine butter substitute could lengthen your life
Substituting butter with plant-based oils daily may lower risk of premature death by up to 17 percent, according to a ...
No, more and more people are not living past 100
The allure of extreme longevity has beckoned for centuries. Research careers and marketing campaigns have been built on the idea ...
Low carb diet danger alert: It increases the risk of colorectal cancer
Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada recently conducted a study to explore how low carb diets can affect ...
Overreaction or ‘about time’: RFK, Jr. targets food dyes and other additives. Here’s a balanced take on their aesthetics and safety
HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told top food executives on March 10 that one of his top priorities would ...
Viewpoint: Why you should exercise skepticism about the ‘food as medicine’ trend
Predictions are that the “food as medicine” movement will gain traction in 2025. Even though nutrition is one important contributor ...
Women really do live longer — here’s why
Women outlive men, by something of a long shot: In the United States, women have a life expectancy of about 80, compared ...
Viewpoint: University of California-Berkeley administration did nothing when radical feminist group excused the raping and mutilating of Israeli women
[S]tudents [at the University of California-Berkeley] ... are in a required comparative-literature class that mandates they attend [a lecture entitled] ...
Cancer rates are falling around the world, especially for men—except for among younger people. Here is the best guess as to why
[R]esearchers have found that young people around the world are getting many different kinds of cancer at alarmingly high rates...Why ...
GLP podcast: COVID contrarian at NIH—How will Stanford’s controversial economist Jay Bhattacharya impact US science innovation?
The pandemic continues to roil our political discourse as Stanford health economist Jay Bhattacharya prepares to take over as director ...
Dating apps are flukey. Can AI help save them from oblivion, or will it lead to their demise?
Late last year, Hinge CEO Justin McLeod promised the app would soon be using the tech for everything from making ...
Girl Scout 25-cookie “study” by crack science organization Moms Across America alleging ‘dangerous’ level of pesticide residues sparks class action tort case
The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of "heavy metals" and pesticides in its popular ...
You’re over a cold but a cough lingers for weeks on end? Here’s why
Have you kicked a cold, bout of flu, RSV, or COVID recently—but can’t get rid of the cough? You’re not ...
Egg industry scrambling: Today’s Neros fiddle as the bird flu crisis deepens while politicians and ideologues ignore solutions to the crisis
A bulldozer belches a black cloud of exhaust as the engine revs. A mound of dead chickens flops into a ...
No, rhino horns are not an aphrodisiac: Dangerous delusions of ‘traditional Chinese medicine’
I recently attended a showing of Oscar-nominated short films. Most were riveting, but none more so than 'The Last Ranger,' ...
Trump-Kennedy NIH shutting down 40+ grants investigating vaccine hesitancy
The National Institutes of Health will cancel or cut back dozens of grants for research on why some people are reluctant ...
A dangerous Wild West: Weight loss and muscle-building supplement industry is an unregulated mess
In this episode of KQED’s Forum, STRIPED’s Dr. S. Bryn Austin, Nicholas Florko (The Atlantic), and Marily Oppezzo (Stanford) explore the ...
Viewpoint: Unregulated pseudo-science supplement industry poised to rake in record profits as RFK, Jr.’s health disinformation propaganda mainstreams
Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate ...
Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs are upending the food industry. Here’s what we can expect going forward
The use of anti-obesity medications (AOMs), led by glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists like Ozempic (semaglutide), has skyrocketed over the past ...
Agriculture and technology inflection point: Are our creaky and faltering century old food systems poised for revival?
The fundamental flaw in our initial wave of agricultural technology wasn’t just a lack of tools, it was a mismatch ...
Viewpoint: US biotechnology innovation efforts dim with biomanufacturing a key laggard
The United States has been the undisputed innovator and leader in biology and biotechnology. Molecular biology and genetic engineering were ...
