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Viewpoint: Eating less meat, boosting crop yields will help prevent famine as climate changes
Humanity is on a collision course with nature. Already 72% of the global ice-free land surface is dedicated to supporting ...
526 ‘abnormal’ teeth found in 7-year-old boy’s mouth in India extracted by surgeons
A 7-year-old boy complaining of jaw pain was found to have 526 teeth inside his mouth, according to the hospital ...
2 million years ago, we lost this gene. That may be why humans are so prone to heart attacks
One-third of global deaths are due to cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis, when arteries are clogged with fat deposits. Although ...
Anorexia linked to metabolism in DNA study, opening new treatment avenues
The way we treat anorexia may be changing, thanks to a new study linking the illness to metabolism. The study, ...
IVF nightmare: Fertility clinic glitch results in babies being born to wrong parents
Anni and Ashot Manukyan wanted their daughter to have a younger sibling, so they used a fertility clinic to try ...
First baby born in the US from transplanted uterus of deceased donor
In a first for the United States, a clinic has delivered a healthy baby from the transplanted uterus of a ...
Night owls may have a greater risk of breast cancer, study says. But altering sleep habits is unlikely to change that.
Sleep traits could be a risk factor for breast cancer, new research suggests. Women who said they preferred to get ...
Drugs used for depression, epilepsy may increase risk of dementia, study shows
Scientists have long found a possible link between anticholinergic drugs and an increased risk of dementia. A study published in ...
Nature’s Viagra? Seahorse’s future threatened by Chinese sex drug obsession
In Chinese medicine, seahorses are believed to have Viagra-like powers. Hong Kong is the world's largest trading hub for the ...
Olympian Caster Semenya cleared to compete as a woman without taking testosterone-reducing drugs
Runner Caster Semenya will be allowed to compete without having to take testosterone-reducing medication after a Swiss court ordered the ...
Human Genome Project pioneer now on a quest to solve chronic fatigue syndrome
[Ron] Davis, who is 77, leads a lab that invented much of the technology that powered the Human Genome Project. Now ...
Autism diagnosis for children as young as 14 months could boost treatment potential
When screening for autism spectrum disorder, a new study suggests that children can be reliably diagnosed with autism at an ...
Newly identified type of dementia could be ‘more common than Alzheimer’s’
Doctors have newly outlined a type of dementia that could be more common than Alzheimer's among the oldest adults, according ...
‘Ancient lion’: Meet the largest carnivore we’ve ever discovered
Twenty-three million years ago, a giant carnivore larger than any modern-day lion or polar bear stalked sub-Saharan Africa, according to ...
Genetic genealogy leads to arrest in 1972 Washington killing
Thanks to the same DNA technology that caught the Golden State Killer suspect, authorities in Washington state arrested a 77-year-old ...
Philippines cave yields mysterious new human ancestor: Homo luzonensis
Ancient bones and teeth found in Callao Cave in the Philippines have led to the discovery of a previously unknown ...
‘Impossible Whopper’: Burger King plans roll out of plant-based GMO burger
Burger King has a plan to bring in new customers and encourage existing ones to buy more often: Vegetarian Whoppers ...
Presidential candidate John Hickenlooper can’t remember people by their appearance. How he copes with ‘face blindness’
John Hickenlooper knows he knows you from somewhere. The former Colorado governor now running for president just doesn't know if ...
Combined immunotherapy strategy could revolutionize kidney cancer treatment
The way doctors typically approach kidney cancer treatment could be evolving. Two separate studies published [February 16] in the New ...
Biodiversity declines threaten world food production, warns United Nations
A drop in global biodiversity is putting our ability to produce food at risk, a new United Nations report warns ...
Should all women get BRCA genetic testing as part of ‘routine medical care’? Key panel says ‘no’
Primary care providers should screen women for personal, family and/or ethnic history of breast, ovarian, tubal or peritoneal cancer to ...
Fertility doctor suspected of fathering 200 children will have DNA tested, court rules
A fertility doctor suspected to have fathered scores of people by secretly swapping donors' sperm for his own will have ...
Cancer-linked obesity soaring among millennials in the United States
Cancers fueled by obesity are on the rise among young adults in the United States and appearing at increasingly younger ...
How climate change could skew the gender ratio
Global warming will have a variety of effects on our planet, yet it may also directly impact our human biology, ...
Fossils fill ‘missing link’ gap between early humans and predecessors
Early humans were still swinging from trees two million years ago, scientists have said, after confirming a set of contentious ...
DNA test spurs arrest of nurse accused of impregnating vegetative patient
A 36-year-old nurse has been arrested on suspicion of impregnating a woman in a vegetative state who unexpectedly gave birth ...
Cancer death rate in the US has dropped 27% over 25 years
The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States seems to have dropped steadily for 25 years, a ...
How air pollution could increase risk of autism
Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution was associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder, a new study finds ...
