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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Genetic screening can reveal your likelihood of suffering from a deadly disease — but that doesn’t mean you can’t change the odds
Ruby had inherited a faulty gene from her father, the one that had caused his death aged 36 from a ...
Higher resting heart rate linked to increased risk of dementia
Higher resting heart rate (RHR) was linked to greater dementia risk and faster cognitive decline independent of cardiovascular disease in ...
The science of bad breath
Though everyone has likely experienced some bad breath at one point or another, Colgate reports that one in four people ...
Why overweight people face increased dangers from COVID
From the start of the pandemic, the coronavirus seemed to target people carrying extra pounds. Patients who were overweight or ...
How does smoking marijuana affect your health? Here’s the latest evidence
Pot use has soared among Americans over the age of 26 — over 10 percent of them reported getting high ...
Understanding threats from COVID variants: Delta vs Omicron
As the omicron coronavirus variant spreads in southern Africa and pops up in countries all around the world, scientists are ...
Will we need to get annual COVID booster shots for the rest of our lives?
Some vaccines are one-and-done, like measles. Others are annual events, like the seasonal flu. There's new data as to where ...
When will we know for certain the health risks posed by the Omicron variant?
Over Thanksgiving, [microbiologist Pei-Yong Shi] began engineering a replica of the new variant to test against the antibodies generated by ...
Suicidal tendencies linked to specific genes, correlated with other psychiatric risk factors such as smoking and sleep disturbances
In the largest genetic study of suicide attempts to date, researchers have identified a region of the genome on chromosome ...
‘Even one vaping session can cause detectable adverse effects on the body’
Young, healthy adults who try vaping for the first time may experience an immediate reaction that can harm cells and ...
Test positive for COVID while traveling internationally? Here’s what to expect
All travelers entering the U.S. — vaccinated or not — must provide proof of a negative coronavirus test. And travelers ...
Omicron variant leads to generally mild symptoms in 40+ known US cases
Of the more than 40 known cases of the Omicron variant in the U.S., nearly all are mild, Centers for ...
Visual sleuthing: ‘An ecosystem of misinformation about the meaning of nonverbal behavior’
Over the course of the past few years, the idea that a twitch or an itch reveals a person’s innermost ...
Can blood work provide a road map for beauty treatments and lifestyle choices?
Blood work is a standard component of annual physicals, but what if it were also commonly done at facialist appointments? ...
Sleep and screen time: Digital tools auto-transmit helpful data from your smartphone to your therapist
A therapist and patient can tell each other a lot in an hour. But imagine if the patient and therapist ...
Life span vs. health span: How physical activity wards off age-related disease
In a new review published [November 22] in PNAS, [evolutionary biologist Daniel] Lieberman and his Harvard co-authors grapple with the ...
Couples undergoing IVF can get genetic testing to prevent birth defects
Many families carry some defective genes that can give rise to known genetic disorders. Some of these are incompatible with ...
The COVID vaccine mandate sharply divided one Washington state hospital
[Dayton General Hospital CEO Shane] McGuire liked to refer to his small staff as a family, and many in fact were family, ...
More than 5,000 US children recovered from COVID — then the virus roared back at life-threatening levels. Here’s what we know
Like most other kids with covid, Dante and Michael DeMaino seemed to have no serious symptoms. Infected in mid-February, both ...
Viewpoint: Do phthalates and other chemicals used in food packaging threaten your health, as recent headlines claim? Here’s the science
"Synthetic chemical in consumer products linked to early death, study finds.” "People with the highest levels of phthalates had a ...
Viagra could cut risk of Alzheimer’s disease by as much as 70%
Usage of the medication sildenafil – better known to most as the brand-name drug Viagra – is associated with dramatically ...
Today’s anti-vaccination protests have roots in a long-running and often lurid American ‘medical freedom movement’
In the 1820s and 1830s, acolytes of New Hampshire autodidact Samuel Thomson fought the imposition of medical licensure requirements, arguing ...
The darker side of IVF and fertility treatments
According to a 2018 study, 33 percent of Americans have used IVF or another form of assisted reproductive technology (ART) to get pregnant, ...
Virtual reality system approved to treat back pain
An immersive virtual reality (VR) system incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and other methods was approved to help treat chronic ...
Can vaccines prevent long COVID?
Vaccines reduce the risk of long COVID by lowering the chances of contracting COVID-19 in the first place. But for ...
A daily cup of coffee could be an easy and effective way to ward off Alzheimer’s disease
Coffee lovers know a steaming cup of java can quickly deliver energy and mental clarity every morning, but new research ...
Pregnancy and cannabis: Maternal marijuana use linked to stress, anxiety, aggression and hyperactivity in children
Recent research has shown that heavy cannabis use during pregnancy can harm the fetus. Less clear, however, is the effect ...
