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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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 ...
Viewpoint: Do doctors rely on BMI too much? Undue focus on weight can lead to patient distrust and delayed care
BMI surveillance is ubiquitous in medical settings and medically focused technologies. BMI is assessed at nearly every touchpoint in primary ...
10,200 nerve endings on the clitoris? More exact nerve count could make sexual wellness surgery safer
There are, in fact, an average of 10,280 nerve fibers according to a histomorphometric evaluation of the dorsal nerve of ...
Podcast: Pollution makes you fat? India approves more GMOs; Biological ‘push notifications’
Air pollution harms our health in many ways; does it also encourage obesity? Farmers in India have access to two ...
Cancer rates continue 30+ year downward trend
The American Cancer Society’s Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer showed a decline in every major ...
HeridiGene: How the world’s largest DNA-mapping study is saving lives
The world’s largest initiative to map the DNA of an entire population will benefit patients for years to come, but ...
The Song of the Cell: Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee’s new book explains the mystery of how the body’s smallest unit affects everything from IVF to COVID
“The Song of the Cell,” the latest work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning oncologist, recounts our evolving understanding of the body’s ...
Allergy epidemic: Up to 10% of children have food intolerances. Where did they come from?
Food allergies are becoming increasingly common, in children and in adults. Yet it’s surprisingly difficult to get a handle on ...
High blood pressure medication only works for 1 in 4 people. Genetics may help explain why
Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent ...
IVF-born Black babies are four times more likely to die than White babies. Why?
It has been well-known in research that Black babies are about twice as likely to die as White babies before ...
First large-scale long COVID study finds nearly half of survivors experience lingering symptoms
Ask anyone who has experienced the lingering maladies of the pandemic, and they’ll tell you long covid is no figment ...
Why did so many girls experience early puberty during the pandemic? (The virus might not be to blame)
Among the laundry list of health problems COVID has inflicted on the world's population, one of the more perplexing could ...
Hair-straightening products connected to uterine cancer, especially in Black women
Scientists are uncovering new details in the connection between using certain hair straightening products, such as chemical relaxers and pressing ...
‘Obesity is way more complex than we thought’: Risk of being overweight likely influenced by what happened in the womb
Obesity can seriously compromise a person’s physical and mental health. It is definedTrusted Source as “abnormal or excessive fat accumulation ...
Drilling down on the roots of chronic fatigue syndrome? 200 genetic variants now linked to the disorder
Scientists have discovered possible genetic risk factors involved in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). ME/CFS ...
Are you a mosquito magnet? It’s in the genes
As part of their three-year study, the scientists carried out more than 2,330 tests over 174 days using samples of ...
Air pollution linked to greater risk of obesity in women
Obesity has been a major global health issue in recent decades as more people eat unhealthy diets and fail to ...
Viewpoint: Our personalities are genetically shaped but not hardwired
Everything about us is partly genetic, but this doesn’t mean genes determine our traits. Our genes assemble every aspect of ...
Biofortification of staple crops: How the mundane pearl millet grain was transformed into a ‘hunger fighting’ gladiator
Pearl millet has long made up the bulk of diets of rural communities in drought-prone regions of India and Africa ...
Genetic basis of mental illness: Individual genetics and ‘racial’ ancestry impact mental illness, but most studies have focused only on white people
Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were affected ...
Does Hollywood’s new favorite viral weight loss drug Wegovy (Ozempic) work — or is it just another fad pill?
Ozempic, or Wegovy, is a new class of medication that belongs to GLP-1 agonists. It was first developed as a ...
