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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GM Golden Rice could provide 30% to 50% of daily vitamin A needed to combat deadly nutrient deficiency, study shows
A team of scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and Bangladesh Rice Research ...
What the heck are โanti-nutrientsโ? Despite the scary-sounding name, they may have important health benefits
Maybe youโre trying to eat healthier these days, aiming to get enough of the good stuff and limit the less-good ...
Could a low-carbohydrate diet send Type 2 diabetes into remission?
[An] analysis of 23 small trials found that low-carb diets worked better than other eating plans in helping people lose ...
Viewpoint: Pesticides can be harmfulโbut they’re also ‘vital to human health and global food security’
As much as pesticides are a threat to certain ecosystems, theyโre also responsible for providing the planet with food in ...
Podcast: Brushing your teeth keeps you young? Ageing research uncovers new clues in the quest to live a longer, healthier life
Dr Kat Arney takes a look at the biological changes that underpin ageing, and how we can use this knowledge ...
The faux argument of natural vs synthetic
There are many confrontations on the battlefield of cyberspace. Vaccine proponents versus anti-vaxxers. Creationists versus evolutionary biologists. Anti-fluoride activists versus ...
Pregnant COVID survivors appear to pass protective antibodies on to their babies
[New findings, published January 29 in JAMA Pediatrics, offer] more evidence that Covid-19 antibodies can cross the placenta.ย โWhat we ...
1918 redux: Phony virus cures proliferate like they did during the Spanish flu pandemic
More than a century [after the Spanish influenza outbreak of 1918], not much has changed. Ads promotingย unproven miracle curesย โ including ...
What happens after patients โrecoverโ from COVID? Normal can be elusive
Surviving Covid-19 is hard enough for those who get severely ill from the disease, but returning to normal is a ...
Type 1 diabetes is caused by eating too much sugar, and four other myths about the disease
According to aย Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, 34.2 million Americans had diabetes in 2018. Of those, only 1.6 ...
Podcast: Glyphosate boosts cancer risk 41%? How a questionable claim from a flawed study went viral
As a rule, scientific research is relegated to obscure technical journals and goes unnoticed by most people. Every few months, ...
Roundup on trial: Law firms spent $91 million in one year to recruit plaintiffs for glyphosate-cancer suits
In 2019, an estimated $91 million was spent on ads seeking clients to pursue Roundup-related claims, making it the No ...
Once battling starvation, some developing countries now face rising obesity rates. Whatโs causing it?
In 1975, four percent of school-age kids were overweight and the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration says that was up to ...
โExercisedโ: New book by a biological anthropologist says humans are cut out to nap, not exercise โ Here’s how we can overcome our evolutionary destiny
Want to feel bad about skipping a workout? Blame evolution. Daniel E. Lieberman argues this theory in his new book ...
Viewpoint: โWellness influencersโ rely on shopper science ignorance to sell โclean’ products
The purpose of [โwellness influencerโ] accounts is typically to sell โcleanerโ or more โnaturalโ products, but they donโt achieve that ...
Video: Why mosquitoes choose you
Only female mosquitoes suck blood since they need it to produce their eggs. Knowing how a potentially disease-carrying female mosquito ...
โVaccine euphoriaโ: Why this may be the โend of the beginningโ not the โbeginning of the endโ
Exuberant headlines about vaccines โ Now two! Millions more doses! โย have grabbed attention, as have rightfully joyous social media photos ...
How the โJapan modelโ โ limited testing with robust contact tracing โ kept the country from being initially overwhelmed by COVID-19
[At the beginning of the pandemic,] Japan went its own way, limiting tests to only the most severe cases as ...
Podcast: How do mRNA vaccines work and why were they developed so fast?
Geneticist Dr Kat Arney takes a look at the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA) and finds out how mRNA vaccines ...
Recovery is elusive for this COVID longhauler
Since getting sick with the coronavirus in March, Mr. Long, 54, has fallen into a distressing new cycle โ one ...
Athletic boost? A year after starting hormone treatments, transgender women still have an advantage over cisgender peers
A new study suggests transgender women maintain an athletic advantage over their cisgender peers even after a year on hormone ...
Even after an apparent โfull recoveryโ from COVID, this 20-year-old student experienced heart failure and nearly died
Maddie Neville contracted COVID-19 in October while livingย in an apartmentย off-campus near Temple University. She developed only mild symptoms โ some ...
Immunity from serious cases of COVID-19 could last for years, emerging research shows
[A new] study, published January 6 in Science, contrasts with earlier findings that suggested covid-19 immunityย could be short-lived, putting millions ...
Viewpoint: Organic, non-GMO marketing claims drive poor people away from healthier food choices
Many food organizations, celebrity chefs, food bloggers, and talk show hosts like to push the idea that eating right means ...
Flashing red on college campuses: As schools reopen, universities emerge as COVID petri dishes
[Researchers] studied 30 [US college] campuses nationwide with the highest numbers of reported coronavirusย cases and found that more than half ...
Sketchy vegan-promoting physicians group produces study attacking โblood typeโ diet – and itโs surprisingly rigorous and convincing
Nearly every sort of diet has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list by now, all claiming to have ...
Video: Infrared camera shows how COVID spreads through a room
More than 288,000 Americans have been killed by a virus that public health officials now say can be spread through ...
