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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Will โbiological push notificationsโ from weight loss gadgets keep people on track with their diets?
I felt a special kind of awe, then panic, watching my glucose levels skyrocket for the first time after relishing ...
Podcast: ‘Botched’ nutrition reporting; Alcohol abstinence boosts brain health; What causes acne?
Reporters continue to exaggerate the results of low-quality nutrition studies. Their desire to attract readers with dramatic headlines may be ...
Rethinking human enhancement: Is aging a disease?
In 1851, blacks throughout the US were reported to suffer from a disease called โdrapetomania.โ The symptomsโaย white physician arguedโwere bouts ...
โWhatโs happening to me?โ Even doctors struggle to find answers after coming down with long COVID
According to a recent survey published by the National Center for Health Statistics, aboutย 14% of all US adult populationsย have experienced ...
Viewpoint: IARC has labeled cell phones, night shifts and coffee as likely carcinogens โ but weโre not doomed. Hereโs why we donโt need to panic
Over the years IARC has labeled red meat, pickled foods and salted fish, carpentry, working at night, using cell phones, ...
Orange-colored bananas? New variety packed with 10x the vitamin A developed in Uganda provides essential nutrients for children and pregnant women โ if approved
Research has shown promising results, with the transgenic banana variety having 100 percent vitamin A content. The fortified variety has ...
A CRISPR cure for HIV? Gene-editing technology may be able stop viral replication in its tracks and wipe out infections
In July, an HIV-positive man became the first volunteer in a clinical trial aimed at using Crispr gene editing to ...
Here comes COVID winter 3. What can we expect?
Hospitals nationwide are preparing for another winter with Covid โ the first one that's also expected to include high levels ...
California bill bars doctors from spreading COVID misinformation to patients โ but not on social media, raising doubts about its effectiveness
California Governor Gavin Newsom signedย legislationย on September 30 that gives the state some ammunition against physicians who spread lies about COVID ...
Does it matter when you eat dinner? Earlier in the day โ and within a 10 hour window โ may help boost metabolism and fight obesity
A reason to eat earlier in the day? Participants who ate meals four hours later in the day were more ...
Podcast: The story behind the vitamin-boosting purple tomato and its benefits to animal and human health
Anthocyanins are a class of plant pigments associated with healthful qualities in food. While research continues to assess their true ...
Viewpoint: Ideology not science โ Hereโs why NBC Newsโ factually inaccurate reporting on the โdangersโ of the weedkiller glyphosate sets a dangerous precedent
What happens when an online information resource leans into clickbait? Itโs annoying but generally harmless entertainment. When itโs a resource ...
COVID was way deadlier in Red State Republicans than for Democrats. Whatโs the role of anti-vaccine rhetoric?
Despite early wide-scale access to COVID-19 vaccines, the U.S. has outstripped its peer countries when it comes to the all-important ...
Podcast: Science Facts and Fallacies host debates body positivity activists on ‘Dr. Phil’
Science Facts and Fallacies host Cameron English recently appeared on the Dr. Phil show to tackle an incendiary question: Has ...
Some people can still feel lost limbs after amputation. Hereโs how studying โphantom limb syndromeโ could offer clues to understanding consciousness
Phantom limbs are a striking demonstration of the importance of the body for self-consciousness ...
โThe third time might not be the charmโ: Is there a limit to how many times you can get COVID?
One wonders whether the cycle could continue foreverโwhether many of us will eventually getย covidย for a fourth time, or a fifth, ...
Fact check: Associated Press debunks social media claims that GMO corn can cause cancer
Social media users in recent days have falsely claimed genetically modified corn isnโt safe because itโs been found to cause ...
Acne affects half of people over 25 in Western countries โ but itโs โbasically nonexistentโ in non-industrialized societies. Why?
While acne affects half of people over age 25 in modern societies, it's basically nonexistent in non-industrialized societies. This disparity ...
You donโt always retain the eye color youโre born with. Hereโs a genetic explanation why
Evidence suggests that whether a baby's eye colour changes or not depends a lot on the colour itself. One study ...
โHuman Genome Project for our dietsโ: Hereโs how bioactive compounds could overcome a dearth of vegetables in Americansโ health
A recent paper published inย Nature Foodย to inform the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health proposes a public challenge ...
Genes from honeybees and African frogs help create a new species of genetically modified mosquitoes that neutralize malaria at the source
Scientists have genetically modified the main malaria-carrying species of mosquito in sub-Saharan Africa to slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites ...
Viewpoint: How reporters regularly botch food nutrition studies
We've reached a point where you must assume everything the media says about nutrition is false. This is a drastic ...
How can you distinguish normal aging from dementia โ and what do you need to do to diagnose your situation?
A blood test that can be used to make a precise diagnosis of people with symptoms of dementia is just ...
We now know a possible trigger for Type 1 diabetes
It seems that a common bacterium found in the human gut makes a protein that looks just enough like insulin ...
Video: Viewpoint โ Is challenging obese people to lose weight fat shaming?
Has the body positivity movement gone too far? That's the question Dr. Phil posed to me and five other panelists ...
Infographic: Just one mosquito species can spread 54 viruses. Hereโs how genetic modification can help us conquer this disease-spreading, destructive powerhouse
Aedes aegypti is one of the most common mosquitoes in the U.S. that can spread disease. One of the best-known ...
These key grizzly bear genes keep them diabetes-free over long winter hibernations โ offering clues to how we might better treat the disease in humans
If a human ate tens of thousands of calories a day, ballooned in size, then barely moved for months, the ...
