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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Meditation or medication? Mindfulness course as effective at reducing anxiety as drugs, study shows
A mindfulness meditation course may be as effective at reducing anxiety as a common medication, according to a new study ...
New treatment for binge eating disorder: Deep brain stimulation
A small study found that intercepting brain signals could limit urges for binge eating for those who struggle with binge ...
Genes play larger role in how we respond to COVID than originally thought
Getting COVID-19 can feel a little like playing roulette: It causes colds for some, but severe disease and death for ...
‘I like my carp well done please’: Human ancestors 780,000 years ago were catching and barbecuing fish
Heaps of fish teeth found at a waterlogged prehistoric site in today’s northern Israel have revealed an important new piece ...
Podcast: Genetically-engineered houseplants can scrub household toxins from the air
Indoor air contains a variety of harmful compounds. We invite many of these compounds into our homes in electronics, and ...
Most Americans don’t follow healthy food guidelines, promoting an FDA call to update them. Maybe they should rethink their strategy altogether
American eating patterns don’t match the FDA dietary guidelines for a healthy lifestyle. A recent survey revealed that 75% of people don’t eat ...
Want taller kids? Skip the coffee while pregnant, study suggests
Research out recently may one day complicate the standard advice given to pregnant people about drinking coffee. The study found ...
Why antioxidant genetically-modified purple tomatoes are considered a ‘super food’
With a couple swaps of genetic material, these purple tomatoes turn a deep purple when ripe. Why? Because they’re loaded ...
One of the deadliest diseases is on the rise again: Tuberculosis caused 1.6 million deaths last year alone
One of the deadliest diseases in the world is once again gaining steam. A new report this week by the ...
Can we prevent genetically-linked hearing loss as we get older? This expert offers tips
The biggest steps to protect your hearing are actually a series of small steps, according to audiologist Cory Portnuff, AuD, ...
This patient survived a dozen tumors. Here’s what we can learn from their unique immune system
A unique patient who has survived the development of a dozen tumors could hold the key to curing cancer, a ...
Are Americans too complacent about a winter surge of COVID infections — and deaths?
To the old saying about the inevitability of death and taxes, we should add another: another health crisis linked to ...
Midnight snack problem: Why does late night eating cause weight gain?
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind why eating late at night is linked to weight gain and diabetes ...
Viewpoint: Evidence does not support ‘plant good, animal bad’ mantra. Humans are hard-wired to eat meat
While some question whether humans are supposed to eat meat, a University of Melbourne professor in food science and human ...
Can psilocybin — the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms — help smokers quit?
Can psychedelics help smokers quit? The National Institutes of Health wants to know the answer, and to find out, they’ve awarded ...
3D-printed organs? These self-assembling nanoparticles may help make it reality
As the human population soars and medical advances extend our lifespans, the need for organ transplants and the demand for ...
‘The Day I Die’: One man’s struggle with Lou Gehrig’s disease and physician-assisted suicide
[An excerpt] from The Day I Die: The Untold Story of Assisted Dying in America by Anita Hannig ...
‘Good’ vs ‘bad’ fat: This drug could coax our bodies into making a greater proportion of easy-to-burn fat, helping fight obesity
Obesity is a condition that can increase the risk of specific health problems, such as type 2 diabetes. There are ...
Can blue light from your phone screen damage your skin?
Blue light skin care has been entering the market as people spend more time in front of their screens. Experts ...
What’s the best time of day to exercise?
Performing moderate to vigorous activity (MVPA) in the afternoon or evening may improve blood glucose control to a greater extent ...
AI and blood poisoning: New tool could help detect sepsis before it becomes fatal
Each year in the United States, sepsis kills over a quarter million people — more than stroke, diabetes, or lung ...
51 experts weigh in on this survey on the nutritional health of the United States
Climate change was ranked the biggest threat to sustainability of food production in the U.S., with 51% of researchers ranking ...
‘Dead first’: Why American men are men more likely than Canadians, Australians and Brits to die prematurely
Whether it’s stubbornness, an aversion to appearing weak or vulnerable, or other reasons, men go to the doctor far less ...
Treatment-resistant triple-negative breast cancer disproportionately affects Black women. African genetic ancestry may explain why
Researchers in the US have found a genetic link between people with African ancestry and an aggressive type of breast ...
Viewpoint: Egg freezing is not simple, cheap or guaranteed — So why are many young women encouraged to do it?
It will give you more choices, you’re told. It will take the pressure off. It’s like an insurance policy. It ...
Gene-edited GABA-enhanced tomatoes begin shipping in Japan
This month marks the start of shipments of tomatoes that control high blood pressure, the first gene-edited food to be ...
Do you have frequent nightmares? They could foreshadow future dementia
We spend a third of our lives asleep. And a quarter of our time asleep is spent dreaming. So, for ...
