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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How close are we to the avian flu outbreak escalating into a pandemic?
After at least documented 66 cases of humans infected with bird flu – which is surely an undercount -- the ...
GLP podcast: ‘Spatula Gate’—The black plastic chemical scare collapses
In early October a small study published in an obscure science journal went viral for alleging that cookware and children's ...
It’s been 25 years since the first draft of the human genome. What’s next?
As 2025 approaches, we can expect the silver anniversary announcements on the completion of a draft of the human genome to ...
Viewpoint: NGO claim that crop pesticides has led to hundreds of thousands of poisoning deaths has proven false but activists don’t retract it
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” The sentence in the ...
How ‘clean food’ ingredients are opening a new frontier in skin care
The promise to support skin health, the immune system and the microbiome, among other benefits, is driving parts of the ...
Viewpoint: A physician who peddles pseudoscience and profits off health disinformation. Perfect Trump pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
Mehmet Oz has a net worth of over $100 million because of his career-long grift. Mehmet Oz is the OG ...
8 breakthroughs in science during 2024
Scientists are making new discoveries every day. Although some may fly under the radar, many of these findings are groundbreaking ...
How GMO tobacco can improve infant formula and dairy-free plant-based milk
In an eclectic application of transgenic technology, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Davis describe retooling cells ...
Viewpoint: The downsides of the ‘clean eating’ fad
“Clean eating” is a dietary trend focused on consuming whole foods while avoiding processed and packaged foods with refined sugars, ...
Childhood vaccines are under fire. Here’s what you need to know
Vaccines are objectively one of the most impactful scientific interventions in human history. Today, we have vaccines that protect against ...
5 medical breakthroughs over the past year
From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness, 2024 was a year full of medical breakthroughs. The breakthroughs include ...
Viewpoint: Trump’s health and science cabinet nominees: What a disaster
Evidence-based government policymaking should not be politicized but should strive to promote progress and benefit all Americans. Unfortunately, the expertise ...
Ignore the click bait. Despite the headlines, seed oils do not cause colorectal cancer
The fear-baiting is truly out of control these days. I can’t open a web browser or social media app without ...
An alliance between Democrat Cory Booker and RFK, Jr.?
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker could potentially have a new and unexpected partner to push his objectives on improving ...
Republican Congress planning to target transgender rights to promote what they call ‘common sense guardrails’
Republicans’ first response to Sarah McBride’s election to Congress was to ban her from using women’s restrooms throughout the Capitol ...
U.S. Surgeon General wants to put cancer warning labels on alcohol: Here’s why
Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States behind tobacco use and obesity. Alcohol consumption ...
COVID is 5 years old, and still causing havoc. What does the future hold?
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 are not going away. The disease now is endemic. When we consider viruses that cause potentially acute ...
Growing concern as man-made ‘mirror life’ has the potential to wreak havoc on the immune system
Scientists are sounding new alarms about man-made organisms whose constituent molecules are mirror images of what's found in nature and ...
Ultra-processed foods are confirmed to be linked with cancer in a ‘powerful way’
Science has already linked ultra-processed foods to heart disease, inflammation, diabetes, and cancer. But new research out of the University of South Florida ...
Hype or helpful: What does ‘clean eating’ really mean?
Eating clean sounds smart—in theory. Generally, the idea focuses on eating more whole foods and less ultra-processed foods. (Great!) But in practice, ...
Genetically modified pig organ transplants may soon save thousands every year
Towana Looney can hardly contain her anticipation as she waits to get wheeled to an operating room at the NYU ...
GLP-1 Friendly: How Big Food is trying to leverage the GLP-1 weight loss drug fad
Packaged-food giant Conagra Foods is hoping to appeal to people taking weight-loss drugs with frozen entrees like chicken fettuccini alfredo ...
Viewpoint: Here’s why gene drives are crucial to fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes
Mosquitoes carry some of the world’s deadliest diseases ... but challenging geography, conflict, budgets, and insecticide resistance are among the ...
Breast cancer requires surgery, right? Not so fast
When a woman learns she has breast cancer, her reaction is often: take it out. Now doctors say that might ...
Lawyer set to become advisor to RFK Jr. if he’s approved as HHS director on record asking the FDA to revoke polio vaccine approval
The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government ...
GLP podcast: ‘You were going to watch 2-3 people die every day.’ ICU doctor recounts his harrowing pandemic experience
In December 2019 US doctors began to hear anecdotes coming out of China about a novel respiratory virus that caused ...
If you develop health problems from eating ultra-processed food, who’s responsible—you or the companies that make it?
Coca-Cola and 10 other major food companies are accused in a lawsuit from a Pennsylvania teenager of "engineering" ultra-processed products to ...
