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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What’s the best way to reduce the risk of preventable cancers of the stomach, kidneys, colon, breast and urinary tract? 5 hours of exercise a week
A new report finds more than 46,000 cancer cases annually in the United States could be prevented if Americans met ...
Can chocolate really kill dogs?
Unlike cats, which lack the ability to taste sweetness, dogs find chocolate just as appealing as humans. But while the ...
1 out of every 3,000 people: Simple and now inexpensive whole genome test could diagnose risks of developing neurological disorders
A simple test could end years of uncertainty for people with relatively common neurological conditions, new research has found. Historically, ...
1 in 7 breast cancer diagnoses are false alarms. How should that affect your decision to get a mammogram?
Catching cancer early in a mammogram can be life-saving — smaller tumors are easier to remove surgically, and therapy often ...
Is organic food healthier or just a lifestyle buzzword? A nutritionist weighs in
“Organic” has become a buzzword, and these products are marketed as a healthier alternative to conventional options. An important question ...
Purple tomatoes? Superfood genetically engineered tomato rich in antioxidants nearing United States rollout
The purple tomato was created by Cathie Martin at the John Innes Centre in the UK. In 2008, her team reported that ...
Viewpoint: Here’s why you should be concerned about nanoplastics
Tire particles from the world’s billions of cars, trucks, bikes, tractors, and other vehicles escape into air, soil, and water ...
Women who experienced both sexual assault and workplace harassment have 21% increased risk of hypertension, study finds
Women who experience sexual violence, workplace sexual harassment or both have a higher long-term risk of developing high blood pressure ...
Study challenges health orthodoxy: Vegetable-rich diet alone does not reduce heart disease risk
Vegetables may be good for you, but eating a lot of them is unlikely to reduce your risk of a ...
From sex to drugs to alcohol to gambling, addiction ruins lives. This new book ‘The Urge’ offers insights and hope
Our culture, ever on the lookout for easy, unambiguous answers to the predicament of being flawed and often unhappy humans, ...
Can alcohol-free beer ever taste as good as a genuine brew? Yes, finally, thanks to genetic tinkering
Finally, researchers have found a way to brew non-alcoholic beer that tastes just like regular beer. Even more, the method ...
How traffic and other urban stresses adversely affect plants
That plants can be hampered indirectly by noise pollution has never been in doubt. Since most flowering species depend upon ...
Tired of taking off your mask to unlock your phone? Apple’s face recognition now works when wearing face coverings
Apple Inc.’s next iPhone software update will finally address a grumble that’s been bugging users since the Covid pandemic started: ...
It’s been almost 20 years since the first crude map of the human genome was released. Here’s what we’ve learned
In October 1990, biologists officially embarked on one of the century’s most ambitious scientific efforts: reading the 3 billion pairs ...
Why have humans evolved to like sour foods?
Scientists don’t know much about how our acidic taste evolved. Enter Rob Dunn. The North Carolina State University ecologist and ...
How genetics explains in part why Black women are more likely to to die of breast cancer
Black women have a 31% breast cancer mortality rate – the highest of any U.S. racial or ethnic group. Additionally, ...
Flurona: How likely are you to get both COVID and the flu simultaneously?
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts have worried about people getting infected with the influenza virus ...
Viewpoint: ‘Scientists seeking attention resort to promoting oversimplified food fads’ — Be cautious of clickbait claims that foods accelerate dementia
Can avoiding certain foods reduce your dementia risk? One nutritional psychiatrist seems to think so, but the evidence is much ...
How understanding human genetics and calorie restrictive diets can extend our lifespans
Decades of research has shown that limits on calorie intake by flies, worms, and mice can enhance life span in ...
Viewpoint: Claiming natural pesticides are ‘good’ and synthetic pesticides are ‘bad’ misses the science — it’s the dose that matters
Some folks rave about food grown organically, erroneously thinking no pesticides were used in its production, whereas food grown with ...
Eating disorders: How advances in genetics and psychology are informing new treatments
In 2017, Hennie Thomson checked herself into a hospital for six weeks of in-patient treatment for anorexia nervosa. She was ...
Viewpoint: How organic proponents hijacked the term ‘organic’ and why confused consumers are the victims
I recently learned that Costco is selling “organic protein.” My first reaction was to laugh, because all protein is organic ...
Challenging the endemic hypothesis: ‘We have no idea what will happen next’
Endemicity, so the narrative goes, is how normal life resumes. (Some pundits and politicians would argue that we are, actually, already at ...
Why long COVID is like living with HIV
As noted by Kevin Kavanagh, MD... a core difficulty in society’s attempt to guide COVID-19 from pandemic to endemic is ...
Understanding the ‘runner’s high’: How exercising creates a natural marijuana-like euphoria
Many people have experienced reductions in stress, pain and anxiety and sometimes even euphoria after exercise. What’s behind this so-called ...
Dementia risks rise if you suffer from midlife chronic diseases
People with two or more chronic conditions (multimorbidity) in midlife had a higher risk of subsequent dementia, a prospective cohort ...
Divide over competitive future of transgender swimmers deepens as NCAA clears way for Penn’s Lia Thomas to compete in championships
The NCAA announced [February 10] that it will not change its eligibility policies for transgender athletes ahead of the women’s ...
