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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Facing Trump administration trade threats, Mexico rescinds import ban on GMO corn and glyphosate, saying its research has ‘failed to show’ they are hazardous
The Mexican government officially lifted its ban on GMO corn imports, which could potentially be a move to ease the ...
Cryogenics and the promise of a second chance at life—Fast-approaching future or scam?
A German cryonics start-up is offering a chance at a second life for the cost of a sports car. Is ...
The humble potato is undergoing a genetic revolution. Here’s how and what that means
In a field near the Dutch village of Angeren, a biotechnology company named Solynta grows potatoes in square plots, about 16 ...
Viewpoint: Synthetic chemical methylene blue used to clean fish tanks is the latest quack concoction promoted by Health and Human Sources secretary designate RFK, Jr.
[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.], President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, was recently filmed ...
Five quick and lasting ways to overcome unhealthy and often deadly eating habits
The Well Challenge Day 1: How often do you buy ultraprocessed foods? Let’s find out. [W]e’ll help you understand how ...
What happens when anti-vax ideology moves from the fringe to the halls of power? Will measles just be the opening act?
ith the presumptive ascension of RFK Jr. to Health and Social Services Secretary bringing along his history of anti-vax activities, ...
Anti-vaccination hysteria impact: Hospital flu-related visits surge to highest level in 15 years
Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu ...
Viewpoint: Trump has sided with the cigarette industry in blocking a proposed FDA ban of menthol cigarettes. Why that will kill black people?
Today, January 24, 2025, the Trump administration extinguished a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, derailing decades of public health efforts ...
Microplastics are bad for your brain
Tiny plastic particles pervade nearly every corner of our planet, from remote ocean trenches to pristine polar ice fields. These ...
Viewpoint: Hostile takeover—Here’s the damage we can expect to America’s health if Dr. Oz is confirmed as the next head of the $1.5 trillion medicare and medicaid agency
[Dr. Mehmet] Oz garnered a number of critics over the years for his statements on [his] show. Most notably, 10 ...
Will Trump be successful in killing USAID? Civil war erupts in Congress over the future of America’s global humanitarian agency
In a letter to Congress, obtained by the Associated Press, [Marco] Rubio said he had designated Trump ally Peter Marocco ...
Flipping the ideological health disinformation switch: MAGA conservatives embrace of raw milk has health officials panicking
In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee’s farm in Fresno, California. From his Cessna ...
Controversial first post Roe vs. Wade prosecution: Louisiana court indicts New York physician for mailing abortion pills into its state
The cross-border abortion wars escalated Friday, when a Louisiana grand jury indicted Margaret Carpenter, a physician from New York, for ...
Dietary restriction or good genes—Which has a greater impact on lifespan?
As people who research ageing like to quip: the best thing you can do to increase how long you live ...
GLP podcast: Trump pardons ‘drug kingpin’; Downside of ‘do your own research’; IVF clinic swaps embryos
Ross Ulbricht was poised to spend the rest of his life in prison for running an illicit online drug market ...
Bird flu outbreak edging towards becoming a full-fledged pandemic
When bird flu [H5N1] first struck dairy cattle a year ago, it seemed possible that it might affect a few ...
Aluminum microtrace hysteria: RFK. Jr. and his followers demonize vaccines … but one slice of American cheese contains 10x more than 6 months of childhood shots
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often trained his criticisms of vaccines on a common ingredient: aluminum, which he has suggested is ...
MAGA and MAHA: Republicans find common ground with former leftist alt-med, holistic-medicine embracing moms
There has been a cultural sea change over the last year when it comes to health in America. It is ...
Viewpoint: “The sheer number of vaccines pumped into kids today is alarming’—Why activist claims are wrong and dangerous
This is not a new refrain, especially for those of us who work in infectious disease biomedical research, but a ...
Old Fashioned or aspartame sweetener: Which contains more dangerous chemicals?
Have you ever been to a snooty cocktail party and ordered a Diet Coke from the bar only to get the look? ...
Viewpoint: Wall Street Journal opposes RFK, Jr.’s HHS nomination—Risk is high he will enrich his trial-lawyer friends at the expense of public health and medical innovation
President Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary in return for his presidential endorsement. But Senate Republicans ...
The real causes for the ‘surge’ in austim diagnoses—Facts that RFK. Jr. and other vaccine rejectionists continue to get wrong
A change in how we diagnose and report autism and not vaccines, glyphosate or chemtrails is the prime mover as ...
Ideological science—How the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) promotes unscientific hysteria about red meat
In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) designated processed meats (hot dogs, ...
Viewpoint: Here is why Trump’s announced plan to stop US contributions to the World Health Organization will kill people
I just spent the past 12 hours traveling from Delhi to Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, and during our ...
Viewpoint: Here’s what far left ideologues are writing in support of RFK Jr.’s wacky views on health, chemicals, food and agriculture
Advocates for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda were gathered in Washington this week ahead ...
No, Elderberry is not a magic elixir
Elderberry supplements — marketed for boosting the immune system — have recently become one of the most popular herbal supplements in the ...
Viewpoint: ‘Alt-right’ piles into the RFK. Jr. science-distorting chemophobia-promoting clown car
[Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.] has spread misinformation multiple times over the past three years claiming that herbicides and other chemicals ...
