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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Eating disorders in young people linked to genetics and delayed brain maturation
Over half of 23-year-olds display restrictive, emotional, or uncontrolled eating behaviors, with delayed brain maturation playing a significant role. The ...
GLP podcast: Our food is poisoning us? Here are the facts about red dye, pesticides and processing
With a few thumb taps on a smart phone, we can order an almost limitless selection of foods and have ...
One out of three people are likely to develop dementia as they age. Here are 15 ways science can help slow or prevent the process
A disturbing [study] has predicted that new cases of dementia will double by 2060, estimating that 1 million adults will develop the ...
Antibiotic resistance may be reversible. Here’s how
Peering through his microscope in 1910, Franco-Canadian microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle noticed some “clear spots” in his bacterial cultures, an anomaly ...
MAHA v. Big Food: Will a left-MAGA coalition crystallize to fundamentally change the US food system?
The new Trump administration could be coming for your snacks. For years, the federal government has steered clear of regulating ...
Viewpoint: Every study shows that Red Dye 3 is safe for humans. So why is the U.S. — but not Canada — banning it?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ... announcement that the red dye known as erythrosine, FD&C Red No. 3 or ...
Viewpoint: Are warnings on alcoholic drinks necessary? Will they save lives?
Will Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Beverages Save Lives? Maybe, but probably far fewer than public health officials hope. Here’s why ...
How a brain-threatening parasite could soon be programed to deliver life-saving drugs
Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain ...
Cure for hay fever? Genetically modified rice that does just that in clinical trials
After more than 20 years since research kicked off, a variety of genetically modified rice designed to alleviate cedar pollen ...
Here’s why simplistically demonizing ultra-processed foods is shortsighted
The resurgence of rhetoric around the food industry “feeding us poison,” spurred by figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (and ...
The pronatalist movement: Should women be encouraged to have more children?
Pronatalism, literally meaning pro-birth, is a broad ideological movement driven by concern that the world is no longer producing enough ...
Viewpoint: $3 billion a year industry exploits unwarranted fears about the dangers of ‘synthetic chemicals’
A [paper published in Science] claims that even at low doses pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides are changing the behavior of ...
Anxious about mRNA technology? Here’s what you need to know
When mRNA vaccines emerged as heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic, headlines heralded them as a revolutionary new technology. Many people ...
Is the fiber supplement psyllium the only supplement shown to really work?
In most cases, the supposed benefits of supplements popularized on social media aren’t backed by strong data. But there is ...
Podcast: Dr. Kevin Folta on the surge of disinformation about seed oils, glyphosate and genetically modified crops
Social media teems with false information about food and farming. Influencers cover Instagram and Facebook with claims that food is ...
Bizarre bedfellows: Far right Heritage Foundation leads conservative movement’s cautious embrace of RFK Jr.’s anti-government, anti-corporate MAHA campaign
During a panel discussion at the Heritage Foundation event, entrepreneur Calley Means, a fan of [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] and an ...
IVF mixup: What’s to be done if your child gets switched with another at birth—and you don’t find out till years later
In the days after Daphna Cardinale delivered her second child, she experienced a rare sense of calm and wonder. The ...
GLP podcast: Modern farming—’a miracle of science’; extreme weather threatens our food supply? Activists promote retracted pesticide study
Food production has absolutely exploded since the 1960s, feeding billions more people while innovative technologies reduced the environmental impact of ...
Viewpoint: Is the criticism of organic food justified?
If you spend any time on the internet in spaces where people talk about food, nutrition, and the environment, you’ve ...
Worse than Darth Vader disease: Rare genetic disorder leads to chronic insomnia and eventual death
Fatal familial insomnia, a rare genetic disease that causes sleeping difficulties, dementia, and involuntary muscle twitching, has no cure and ...
U.S. spy agencies split on whether Havana Syndrome brain-injury like symptoms caused by a foreign adversary
White House officials [said] that the truth behind the mysterious ailments known as Havana Syndrome was still unknown, contradicting a ...
Are plant-based meats healthier?
Unless you live in isolation from supermarkets, you've likely heard of plant-based meats — products made from plant-derived ingredients like ...
RFK Jr. is leading the latest attack on conventional medicine
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a wellness influencer who is also President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human ...
‘Race’ and cancer therapy: Here’s why Black people are least likely to be helped by today’s genetically-targeted treatments
Nearly half of all new cancer drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the past quarter-century ...
Should agriculture get the blame for antibiotic resistance?
Journalists are an easily spooked bunch. Where scientists see a problem in need of a solution, the press often sees ...
Poop is helping to feed the world. Really
A new industrial facility in suburban Seattle is giving off a whiff of futuristic technology. It can safely treat fecal ...
The controversy over ultra-processed foods: Some are healthy, some are not
[One] study is helping to answer a pressing nutrition question: Which ultra-processed foods are harming our health—and which might not ...
