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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 ...
Controversial Chinese scientist defends gene-edited babies: ‘I feel proud’
The Chinese scientist who sparked an international outcry after alleging to have helped create the world's first genetically edited babies, ...
Countering severe peanut allergies through oral immunotherapy
Mom Monica Glover said the family discovered Ellis' peanut allergy when she was about 3. … Glover seized the opportunity ...
Robots helping Chinese parents raise kids. Is that a good thing?
At kindergarten, three-year-old Seven Kong has his schoolmates to play with, but at home his best friend is a kidney-shaped, ...
Cancer will be the ‘single biggest barrier to increasing our life expectancy,’ report says
The number of people around the world who have cancer is "rapidly growing," with 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 ...
Improved DNA testing identifies 9/11 victim 17 years after attack
The remains of a man killed during the Sept. 11 terror attack in New York have been identified 17 years ...
Man whose rare blood type saved millions of babies retires from donating after 60 years
James Harrison, known as the "Man With the Golden Arm," has donated blood nearly every week for 60 years. After ...
Viewpoint: Republicans signal support for Obama-era global agricultural aid bill that could usher in higher tech African Green Revolution
The Global Food Security Act, an Obama-era piece of legislation that marshals foreign aid to speed up agricultural growth and reduce ...
Scientists find ‘glimmer of hope’ in early HIV vaccine trial
There may be a glimmer of hope in the fight to protect people from HIV-1, the most widespread type of ...
