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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More than 50 environmental chemicals found in pregnant women and their newborns
Researchers have detected more than 50 new environmental chemicals lurking in people's bodies, the vast majority of which are little ...
Video: What the lungs of newborns look like when they take their first breaths
[U]sing a delicate sensor-belt wrapped around the chests of full-term newborns moments after their delivery, a team of researchers from ...
COVID can ravage our sense of smell. It’s also sparking research on the sense we often take for granted
Smell is a startling superpower. You can walk through someone’s front door and instantly know that she recently made popcorn ...
While teenage medical claims fell during COVID lockdowns, mental health claims jumped by more than 20%
[T]he New York nonprofit [Fair Health’s] seventh [report] in a series on the pandemic is the result of analysis of ...
Why so many people in the LGBTQ community are vaccine hesitant
Research has shown that sexual and gender minorities, and especially people of color, are more vulnerable to becoming infected with ...
CRISPR offers hope for controlling African swine fever
New vaccine trials hold great promise in the management of an East African strain of African swine fever (ASF), one ...
Infographic: Deaths from COVID-19 are far higher than reported estimates
More than 2.8 million people have lost their lives due to the pandemic, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis ...
One gene dramatically increases our chances of getting tuberculosis. Here is how evolution mostly knocked it out
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease in human history, responsible for the deaths of about a billion people in the ...
Half of US travelers say they prefer to visit destinations that require COVID vaccines
Of the Americans who are interested in traveling in 2021, the majority (76%) are as likely, if not more, to ...
Slideshow: COVID-19 myths keep coming. Here’s how to separate fact from conspiracy
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Podcast: Are you a genetic superhero? Finding the hidden powers in our genes
Geneticist Dr Kat Arney explores the science behind so-called ‘genetic superheroes’, and why you might also have hidden powers within ...
Infographic: South Africa sees surprising drop in COVID-19 cases and deaths despite presence of more infectious and dangerous variant
Since mid-January, confirmed Covid-19 infections in South Africa have fallen from a record of nearly 22,000 a day to around ...
A protein inherited from Neanderthals may offer limited protection against COVID-19
Recent advances in proteomic technology - that is, the capacity to isolate and measure hundreds of circulating proteins at once ...
‘Zombie Apocalypse’: The CDC’s guidelines on how we might cope if ‘The Walking Dead’ come to life is a must read
There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s ...
Viewpoint: Spermageddon and endocrine disrupting chemicals? Shanna Swain book claiming common chemicals pose catastrophic dangers is deeply flawed
In 2017, [epidemiologist Shanna] Swan, along with other scientists, published a meta-analysis, an aggregation of existing research. It said that ...
How churches and community groups are responding to vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans
[West Baltimore resident Reverend Derrick] DeWitt is a field marshal in the local war against poverty, disease and hunger. "My ...
Vasectomies are becoming a political statement
The fate of male reproductive organs is not a traditional concern in debates about the environment. But this is the ...
Cancer and cocktails? Physician groups urge that alcohol should carry a warning label
In recent years, a growing number of medical and public health groups have introduced public awareness campaigns warning people to ...
Why your sex designated at birth may not match your genetics
There are lots of different conditions that fall under the umbrella of intersex. In humans, the phenotypic sex is usually ...
Infographic: Is COVID here to stay? Why the virus may never be eradicated
Nature asked more than 100 immunologists, infectious-disease researchers and virologists working on the coronavirus whether it could be eradicated. Almost ...
Using CRISPR to fight antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
The superbugs are winning the antibiotics wars. CRISPR could turn the tide ...
When it comes to COVID, identical doesn’t always mean the same: Twins got COVID together but their illnesses followed different trajectories
Early last spring, [twin] sisters from Rochester, Mich., checked themselves into the hospital with fevers and shortness of breath. While ...
Video: Are there benefits to exercising in cold weather?
Research suggests exposure to the cold can help activate brown fat cells which burn more calories. Does this translate to ...
Healthy weight gain? Genes that increase the risk of obesity may protect as many as 45% of overweight people from heart disease
People living with obesity tend to have unhealthy glucose and lipid levels in their blood, as well as high blood ...
Apocalyptic and conspiratorial views are escalating as the pandemic persists
Since ancient times, pandemics have spurred sharp turns in political beliefs, spawning extremist movements, waves of mistrust and wholesale rejection ...
The US is experiencing the mildest flu season in memory. Here’s why
The U.S. is seeing historically low levels of influenza this season, which started in September 2020. This time last year, ...
For some COVID victims, it’s a tortured path regaining a sense of smell
Smell is instrumental in our perception of flavors, allowing us to differentiate strawberry from raspberry ice cream and warning us ...
