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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‘It’s a milestone’: The disease-fighting benefits of weight loss drugs
Few drugs have achieved the stardom that semaglutide, marketed in the United States as Ozempic or Wegovy, has today. A ...
Live, transparent mice? Pioneering technique could soon open the door to viewing how human organs work
When a dye called tartrazine is added to food, it creates a bright yellow hue often associated with lemon-flavored candy ...
Fluoride in our water lowers IQ? Activists misrepresent problematic study in viral posts across social media
The National Toxicology Program (NTP), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, has released a comprehensive study titled ...
AI-supported surveillance system maps the Aedes aegypti mosquito swarms in targeted disease control project
Satellite and street view images provide basis for more precise evaluation of the environmental conditions that favor the presence of ...
Viewpoint: The EPA just banned a crop chemical. What does that say about activist claims that the agency has become a dupe of the chemical industry?
Last month, the EPA issued an emergency suspension of the herbicide Dacthal and has initiated a process to cancel all ...
Viewpoint: Challenging more misinformation about glyphosate: No, it does not cause Celiac disease or alter gluten structure
I can’t wait for the day when anti-science activists decide to cling to an entirely different pesticide to fixate on ...
Viewpoint: Nuclear power, pesticides, obesity and global warming: Examining the politics behind four contentious science debates
Gaslighting has now become a popular term again based on telling people not to believe what their lying eyes are telling them ...
Free will and the brain: Challenges to long-standing belief that that addiction is a disease
For decades, medical science has classified addiction as a chronic brain disease, but the concept has always been something of ...
Viewpoint: Probiotics are not regulated by the FDA. Do they even work?
Probiotics, also referred to as live biotherapeutic products (LBPs), are products that contain live organisms, such as bacteria, that are found naturally ...
GLP podcast: AI will depersonalize medicine? Ozempic might boost sex drive; Supreme Court a threat to science?
Artificial intelligence (AI) could improve the quality of health care in many ways, though some doctors fear it could jeopardize ...
Glucose monitoring wearables for type 1 diabetes sufferers are a fad for athletes, and others are following. Let’s weigh the benefits—and dangers
Blood sugar monitors (aka continuous glucose monitors or CGMs) have been ubiquitous for people with diabetes. But now they are ...
GLP podcast: Hot dogs probably don’t cause dementia; Subsidize plant burgers? Drinking fathers might damage fetal brain development
Processed read meat could increase your risk for dementia, a recent study contends. How robust are the results? Can the ...
Viewpoint: ‘Dismissive of science and the real-world impact of their decisions’ — SCOTUS has taken a troubling turn against evidence and expertise
The American public's trust in the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has significantly waned in recent years. The most recent Gallup ...
Calorie counting? AI could help, bite by bite
[R]esearchers in Canada are leveraging artificial intelligence to analyze food bite-by-bite. All diners have to do is record themselves eating ...
Fact Check: No, we have not ‘perfected’ technology to put vaccines in lettuce and tomatoes
A post on X (formerly Twitter) claims that the University of California has perfected the technology to put vaccines in lettuce ...
80 per cent of the world’s population uses some folk medicine. Here’s why magical thinking will never go away
At one point or another, we all knew something about how to heal ourselves using the plants and animals that ...
Which foods can lower dementia risk?
Eating an anti-inflammatory diet of whole grains, fruits and vegetables instead of an inflammatory diet focused on red and processed meats and ultraprocessed foods, such as ...
Fool me once: What is ‘genomic surveillance’ and how might it help predict the next global pandemic?
COVID took the world by stunned surprise – but, to quote an old Who song, we won’t be fooled again ...
We know moms shouldn’t drink while pregnant. Now there’s evidence that drinking dads can damage children’s brain development too
For more than 50 years, scientists have warned about the risks of drinking alcohol in pregnancy. Recent research has found that ...
Glyphosate poisoning oatmeal? Independent fact checker challenges viral social media video and claims
Social media users are actively discussing the various qualities—both good and bad—of foods, particularly grains and other related products. However, ...
Debunking the ‘MSG is harmful’ myth: How baseless stories spawn enduring food fears
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) is the poster child for food additive fear, chemophobia, and the harms of using anecdotes as evidence ...
GLP podcast: China bans ‘irresponsible’ germline editing; losing weight causes cancer? Modern culture could drive mental health issues
China has banned germline gene editing, calling the technology, "irresponsible and not permitted." A recent study suggested that losing weight ...
Viewpoint: How vaccine rejectionists lie to you — and what are the consequences?
There have been at least 10 outbreaks of measles across twenty states already this year, an alarming and dramatic surge ...
‘The single most notorious killer of humans’: What are the true origins of the 14th century Black Plague?
It’s rare that compelling clues converge to illuminate a longstanding medical mystery: the origin of the Black Death, a bubonic ...
Can we repurpose parasites to deliver drugs to the brain?
Some question if a parasite can ever be rendered harmless enough to be used as a treatment to get drugs ...
US judge throws out case claiming paraquat causes cancer, suggesting tide may be turning against environmental activists’ bogus campaigns targeting safe crop chemicals
It’s big business in the US and elsewhere, with lawyers making a fortune out of class actions. The process is ...
Losing weight can cause cancer? Here’s how epidemiologists’ studies can skew science to fit ideological viewpoints
As the century turned, the science community began to become critical of a once-honored field; epidemiology. If you are not ...
