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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Clinical trials involving animals can have a 99.6% failure rate in some instances sparking researchers to find alternatives
Animal-based studies have contributed to important findings and lifesaving medical advancements. The COVID-19 vaccines, for instance, were developed in animals, ...
No-burp syndrome: 20,000 people on Reddit’s “I can’t belch” subreddit spread the word of a Botox cure
In a video posted to Reddit this summer, Lucie Rosenthal’s face starts focused and uncertain, looking intently into the camera, before ...
Does eating ultra-processed foods speed up aging?
Ultra-processed foods have been associated with poor nutritional quality and potential health risks. Now, a new study suggests that high ...
GLP podcast: From medicine to Monsanto—Why one physician left health care to work for ‘Big Ag’
"Over the years, the bureaucracy began to grow. Before you knew it, you went from spending lots of time talking ...
In rare cases, coming down with COVID-19 could save your life
Viruses don’t often come with silver linings, and infections don’t generally lead to positive health effects. But during the pandemic, ...
25% reduction: People genetically prone to breast cancer, diabetes and other diseases would benefit from gene screening
A simple genetic screening test has the potential to stop almost a quarter of premature preventable deaths from common diseases ...
Health care policy uncertainty has lobbyists up in arms, hope Senate will reject RFK Jr. nomination
Lobbyists expecting a more conventional pick to lead the government’s $3 trillion health agency than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the brash ...
White House report details the state of U.S. biomanufacturing capacity and proposes action by policymakers
The global bioeconomy is projected to expand at a rapid pace in the coming decade due to advancements in key ...
Should women who use hormonal IUDs be concerned about developing cancer?
A new Danish study shows that women who use hormonal IUDs may have a higher risk of developing breast cancer, ...
Why are women more likely to get long-Covid than men?
Long COVID can cause substantial economic loss and missed days of work, and it can strike women more often than ...
‘I feel like it’s a little bit of health marketing bullshit’: Exosomes might not help you stay young but they might have other science benefits
Any cell biologist ... will tell you what exosomes really are: tiny little blobs that bud off from cells and ...
Obesity rates in America are plateauing but skepticism remains that it is a sustainable trend
According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the clinical definition for ...
Addiction: Yet another health problem Ozempic and other weight loss drugs might help address
[Dr. Steven Klein is an] addiction medicine fellow at the nonprofit Caron Treatment Centers’ residential treatment facility in Pennsylvania. He ...
A scientist’s brainy trip: How psilocybin creates an extraordinary new sense of space, time and self
In the name of science, Dr. Nico Dosenbach had scanned his own brain dozens of times. But this was the first time ...
Running and longevity: Sub-four-minute milers increase their lifespan by up to 9 years
In the mid-20th century, breaking the four-minute mile was considered an insurmountable feat. Then came Roger Bannister in 1954, who ...
Plasma exchange: What is the skinny on the suddenly-hot longevity therapy for the aging wealthy
A medical treatment used for health emergencies and autoimmune disorders is becoming the hot new wellness trend for CEOs, athletes, ...
99+% pesticide free: While activists claim chemicals soak our fruits and vegetables, USDA provides facts
[T]he U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its annual Pesticide Data Program report to little fanfare or attention. We’ve said repeatedly ...
GLP podcast: Break out of your echo chamber—an ER physician explains how to win over vaccine skeptics
Dr. Liza Dunn has an impressive resume. She's cared for malnourished children in developing countries, treated drug overdoses in the ...
Viewpoint: Elle MacPherson claims she cured her cancer using ‘intuitive and holistic’ alternative medicine. She’s ‘lying’ and why it matters
I’ve been wanting to start to dig into cancer pseudoscience for a long time, and in my other pieces, I’ve ...
Why we need a moonshot project for a universal flu vaccine
H5N1 bird flu is here. It’s moving from animals to people in ways not seen before. It’s spreading to new ...
‘Intelligence in a dish’: ‘Brain organoids’ grown on petri dishes show signs of developing eyes
The proto-eyes are what really disturbed me. For the past decade, medical researchers have been growing living, miniature replicas of ...
Liminal space: The brief moments between wake to sleep where your brain exists in the ‘twilight zone’
Each night as you lay down to sleep, you embark on an extraordinary journey – not through space, but through ...
Why do people who suffer from certain mental illnesses ‘hear voices’?
Auditory hallucinations are likely the result of abnormalities in two brain processes: a “broken” corollary discharge that fails to suppress ...
In the evolutionary race, humans are running the distance
Many experts, such as professor Dan Lieberman, think that humans have evolved to be distance runners – the better to ...
Viewpoint: Vaccine opponent and conspiracy theorist RFK Jr. poised to remake US health policy in his twisted vision
The vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr. is “going to help make America healthy again”, Trump told ...
Viewpoint: The alternative medicine, wellness industry con game
Alternative medicine has become a scrutiny-free wonderland for anything and everything. ... We are at a point in human history ...
The first neural bypass implant powered by AI has helped a patient recover from near-full-body paralysis
A New York man who was left paralyzed after a diving accident is starting to regain movement a year after ...
