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California’s first plastic bag ban made things worse. Now it’s trying again
Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the ...
No needles: At home no shot flu vaccine approved, should be available next year
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first flu vaccine that people can administer to themselves at home. The ...
US girls are getting their periods younger than ever before. What’s causing early puberty?
Researchers say multiple factors are likely impacting early puberty, including obesity, stress and endocrine-disrupting hormones ...
Podcast: Indigenous people have been using biochar to fertilize soil for centuries. Could renewing this practice be a lasting solution for carbon sequestration?
Reducing emissions from farming will be key to meeting this country's climate goals. Agriculture is the fifth largest source of ...
Addressing racial disparities in health research: $3 billion ‘All of Us’ genetic diversity project’s ‘trove of results’
A big federal research project aimed at reducing racial disparities in genetic research has unveiled the program's first major results ...
Building an ‘uncancellable, parallel society of the future’? Far-right and anti-vaxxers meet to create a ‘freedom economy’ that ‘leaves woke corporations behind’
A spectrum of conspiracist and religious communities gathered in Las Vegas in March to discuss building an "uncancellable" future together ...
Scientific paper raising health concerns about abortion pill mifepristone safety has been retracted, author links found to anti-abortion lobbying group
Supreme Court will hear the case against the abortion pill on 3/26: A two-drug regimen with misoprostol for abortions in ...
High-fat, low-carb keto diets reportedly help patients manage their mental illnesses
Around a dozen clinical trials are in the works, testing the low carb, high fat ketogenic diet's effect on mental ...
Concord grape colored tomato with antioxidant-packed flesh? It contains a key secret: Snapdragon DNA
As home gardeners in the U.S. page through seed catalogs and pick out their favorite heirlooms, there's a new seed ...
We now know the mechanisms of aging, but how do you slow down the process?
The next frontier is to target the basic biology of aging and come up with new interventions to slow it ...
Podcast: Inside global race to create first artificial eggs and sperm, enabling people of any age or sex to have genetically-related children
Get a glimpse into the global race to create the first artificial human embryos to see how the competition is ...
CRISPR gene editing tackles yet another health scourge: High cholesterol
Study shows that gene-editing technology can be used to successfully treat a genetic disorder that increases the risk of heart ...
‘I was crying all the time’: Weight-loss drug Ozempic sparks mental health side effects in some users
In July, the European Medicines Agency said that it was looking into the risk of thoughts of self-harm and suicidal ...
Podcast: Why do so many people who start a vegetarian diet not stick to it?
Eating less meat is good for your health and the environment. Now a new study suggests genes may play a ...
Growing number of chaplains who help support the vulnerable exploring psychedelic-assisted therapy
Research on the therapeutic use of psychedelics is underway at several universities, and data continues to accumulate on how they may help ...
Race and health: One gene variant carried mostly by people with African ancestry quadruples risk of Parkinson’s disease
A global effort to make genetic studies more diverse has led to a discovery about Parkinson's disease, a common brain ...
Video: How animals are rapidly evolving to keep up with the world humanity is destroying
Evolutionary biologist Shane Campbell-Staton says nature is rapidly changing to keep up with the world humanity has built ...
‘You feel like you’re out in the wilderness’: Here are the leading theories for why long COVID is so disabling
For people suffering from long COVID's often disabling symptoms, including intense fatigue, breathing troubles, cognitive issues and heart palpitations, the ...
Brain-computer implants restore some speaking ability to paralyzed patients
Pat Bennett takes part in a research session, using a brain-computer interface that helps translate her thoughts into speech ...
Traumatic brain injuries can damage short-term memory. A potential solution? It’s shocking
More than 1.5 million people in the U.S. sustain a TBI each year. Common causes include falls, motor vehicle accidents, ...
How to raise oxytocin and improve mental health in only 5 minutes a day: Petting other people’s dogs
Evidence is accumulating that levels of the stress hormone cortisol drop in people after just 5 to 20 minutes spent ...
Podcast: DNA cancer screening tests are cheap — so why are so few people taking them?
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. Tests for genetic risk factors are inexpensive, and yet many ...
Lab-grown human eggs: Startup aims to transform stem cells into eggs, helping infertile people have babies at any age
Conception is trying to accelerate, and eventually commercialize, a field of biomedical research known as in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) ...
What makes ‘ultra-processed food’ so unhealthy?
A recent analysis by the Access to Nutrition Initiative finds about 70% of food products sold in the U.S. are unhealthy — ...
Newest malaria vaccine protects 80% of vaccinated children — but accessibility remains major stumbling block in Africa
Nigeria approved a promising new malaria vaccine. It's called R21, and in early trials, up to 80% of kids who ...
How octopuses reprogram their brains as they move back and forth between chilly and warm water
[R]esearchers report that octopuses are able to edit genetic information to quickly resculpt those brains when confronted with changes in ...
What do we know about the debilitating persistence of long COVID?
Millions of Americans who contracted the disease continue to suffer from symptoms associated with long COVID ...
Why do people respond to diets differently? Study on a million Americans probes impact of biology, lifestyle and gut microbiome
There's plenty of one-size-fits-all nutrition advice. But there's mounting evidence that people respond differently to food, given differences in biology, ...
