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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Active grandparents theory: Has evolution programmed us to remain physically active late in life?
Why is physical activity so good for us as we age? According to a novel new theory about exercise, evolution ...
If Omicron is so much milder than prior COVID variants, why are hospitals packed with patients?
Omicron has filled up U.S. hospitals with more COVID-19 patients than any other surge of the pandemic. But there's been ...
What is the science behind heartbreak?
When her husband left her after more than 25 years together, science writer Florence Williams says her body felt like ...
Sandy From the Mountains dies from COVID-19, leaving a message to the unvaxxed
Sandy and her husband lived in a cabin nestled into a mountainside in a small town in the Rockies, next ...
Can you worry yourself to death? Anxiety increases risk of heart disease in men
Anxiety is linked to several cardiometabolic conditions, including coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and hypertension. The reasons behind these links and how they develop, ...
Can what we eat change the world?
How should we live in relation to food and our food system? In this article I suggest a return to ...
How exercise reprograms your brain
Physical activity can do wonders for the body. Exercise can trim weight, chisel muscles, and strengthen the lower back, among ...
Is wisdom linked to gender?
Previous studies have shown that wisdom is a personality trait underpinning mental health and well-being. Recently, researchers at University of ...
‘Powerful tool of science to feed the future‘: Philippines poised for the ‘massive production’ of genetically modified, Vitamin A enhanced Golden Rice
To utilize and promote biotechnology in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) on [February 2] said this year marks ...
Why the US will remain an Omicron hotspot far longer than many other countries
The wave of COVID-19 cases with the Omicron variant may have reached its peak in the U.S., but it likely ...
COVID immunity: Is it stronger from infection or vaccination?
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a University of California-Irvine psychiatry professor, felt he didn’t need to be vaccinated against covid because he’d ...
Can virtual reality treatment mimicking a psychedelic trip help relieve depression and PTSD?
What if you could unlock the same altered state of consciousness that psychedelics do — as well as their potential ...
Moderate drinking is good for your health? Massive study of 333,000 people challenges belief that a few drinks a week protects you from heart problems
Red wine has antioxidants, we've been told, so a few glasses are apparently 'good for you'. Other studies have suggested ...
Will Lia Thomas get bumped from the summer Olympics under the new USA swimming rules rolled out this week?
After USA Swimming released its new transgender athlete participation policy [February 1], questions immediately turned to how this action would affect ...
‘Byzantine regulations’: Here are the human health and environmental reasons why we need to aggressively embrace GMOs and gene editing
Organisms developed with so-called new breeding techniques (NBTs) like CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing have earned widespread support from farmers and scientists ...
Let food be thy medicine: How GMO tomatoes could help Parkinson’s patients
An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but soon the garden’s preventative prescription for 60 thousand Americans might ...
Omicron subvariant spreads 1.5x faster than Omicron — but vaccines are more effective at blocking it
The Omicron subvariant, known as BA.2, spreads about 1.5 times faster than the original Omicron strain, known as BA.1, according to ...
Difficulty losing weight on diets? Your metabolism works against you
Many people trying to shed pounds have seen their diets stall after a certain amount of weight loss. A new ...
Viewpoint: Will he retire? Aaron Rodgers’ playoff flop — as well as anti-vax musings — have him on the defensive
Progressives pounced on former prog-darling turned anti-vaxxer Aaron Rodgers this weekend after he and his Packers lost their NFL playoff ...
How breastfeeding helps protect a woman’s heart years later
Women who breastfed were less likely to develop heart disease or a stroke, or die from cardiovascular disease than women who ...
Why our bodies prefer natural sugar to artificial sweeteners
Your taste buds may or may not be able to tell real sugar from a sugar substitute like Splenda, but ...
Viewpoint: Will successful GMO pig heart and kidney transplants challenge anti-biotechnology mindsets?
What if pigs were to grow hearts and save human lives? This dream became a reality earlier this month when ...
‘Golden blood’ is incredibly important to medicine — but for the 43 people worldwide known to have it, it poses a unique danger
Golden blood is actually the nickname for Rh-null, the world’s rarest blood type. As Mosaic reported, the type is so rare that ...
A highly effective sports performance enhancing drug is…. caffeine
Late last year, a team of scientists from Brazil published the results of a study exploring the effects of a ...
Going bald? Scientists have reprogrammed cells to grow hair on mice. Are humans next?
Biologists at several startups are applying the latest advances in genetic engineering to the age-old problem of baldness, creating new ...
Removing cataracts appears to reduce the risk of dementia
Undergoing cataract removal was associated with a lower risk of developing dementia among older adults, according to a new study, ...
Current wave of Omicron infections likely to blunt severity of COVID in months ahead
A strong wave of coronavirus infections driven by the omicron variant could hasten the end of pandemic disruptions as it ...
