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Exercise can fight depression, but it doesn’t work for everyone
Is there evidence to support the idea that exercise can have an effect on depression? And if so, how much ...
Some mammograms harder to read than others. FDA wants breast density data included in reports
The Food and Drug Administration on [March 27] proposed requiring mammogram providers to tell women with dense breast tissue that ...
Is personality influenced by birth order? New studies challenge ‘conventional wisdom’
Birth order, according to conventional wisdom, molds personality: Firstborn children, secure with their place in the family and expected to ...
Organic producers battle over food labeling standards as industry nears $50 billion in sales
As organic food shifts from utopian movement to lucrative industry, a war is being waged for its soul. Record organic ...
Second person cured of HIV? Stem cell transplant sends ‘London patient’ into long-term remission
A man has been in remission from HIV for a year and a half, without drugs, after receiving a stem ...
Stem cell therapy ‘sold as a miracle cure’ linked to 17 bacterial hospitalizations
Over the past year, at least 17 people have been hospitalized after being injected with products made from umbilical cord ...
Esketamine nasal spray, touted as biggest advance in years for treating depression, gets FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration approved a novel antidepressant late Tuesday [March 5] for people with depression that does not ...
Failure of first US uterine transplant blamed on organ donation system
On March 7, 2016, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic introduced the nation to Lindsey McFarland, the first person to undergo a ...
‘Young blood’ plasma treatments unproven, possibly dangerous, says FDA
Federal health regulators on [February 19] warned consumers against controversial “young blood” treatments — plasma infusions from young donors marketed for conditions ...
Do all breast cancer patients need genetic testing?
The nation’s breast surgeons are advising that all patients diagnosed with breast cancer be offered genetic testing to check for ...
Black-white cancer mortality gap has narrowed significantly, ‘but we still have a long way to go’
Longtime cancer disparities between African Americans and whites — with blacks having a sharply higher mortality rate — have narrowed ...
Immunotherapy could extend survival for patients with aggressive glioblastoma brain cancer
Glioblastoma — the aggressive brain cancer that killed Sen. John McCain, Sen. Ted Kennedy and Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden ...
Gene editing, novel baking ingredients could make bread safe for millions of consumers who can’t eat carbs
Ah, bread....There are whole diets built around avoiding carbs and gluten in bread — sometimes by choice, sometimes by medical ...
Viewpoint: Gene drive technology could eliminate malaria. But we must get it right, first
People don’t give people malaria: The 460 species of mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles do, and researchers are taking aim at them ...
Genes or environment? Twins study offers ‘unsatisfying answer’ when it comes to disease
It’s the next chapter in the nature-nurture debate: To keep people healthy, is it better to focus on people’s Zip ...
CRISPR crops poised to revolutionize our diets by increasing fiber, vitamins and ‘good oils’
Many of today’s most prevalent health issues .... trace back to .... the food we eat. The leading cause of death ...
Animal gene editing could ‘transform’ our food supply, but will ‘questionable regulations’ block innovation?
As scientists in labs across the world create virus-resistant pigs, heat-tolerant cattle and fatter, more muscular lambs, a big question looms: Will regulation, safety ...
Can gene therapy offer a cure for sickle-cell disease?
[I]n November, six months after [21-year-old Manny] Johnson became the first patient to receive an experimental therapy aimed at curing ...
Boost for precision medicine? FDA approves drug targeting different cancers with shared mutation
The Food and Drug Administration on [November 26] approved a drug for a wide range of cancers based on a ...
Lab-grown fish? How biotechnology might save the endangered bluefin tuna
For several years, biotech companies have been promising “clean” meat, “cell-based” meat, “cultured” meat — whatever you want to call ...
Viewpoint: Why ancestry tests shouldn’t be ‘read as a certainty’
Yes, I’m the kind of person who would take a DNA test with Ancestry and then, curious about whether I’d ...
Ancient spearheads raise new questions about North America’s first inhabitants
[A]rchaeologists have uncovered evidence of a human settlement stretching back as far as 15,500 years: hammer stones and broken knives, ...
Calls for a halt to heart stem cell trial based on controversial research
Days after Harvard Medical School said it found extensive falsified or fabricated data from the laboratory of a prominent heart researcher, ...
‘Hugely influential’ papers on cardiac stem cells declared ‘fraudulent’ by Harvard
An internal investigation by Harvard Medical School has determined that 31 scientific publications from the laboratory of a high-profile cardiologist ...
Pentagon DARPA program targeting crop losses could turn insects into ‘easily weaponized’ biological army, critics claim
The Pentagon is studying whether insects can be enlisted to combat crop loss during agricultural emergencies. The bugs would carry ...
Can’t remember what happened last night? How alcohol creates blackouts
The allegations of sexual assault against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh have a common element of binge drinking, and highlight the ...
Pioneering cancer immunotherapy researchers awarded Nobel Prize in medicine
The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday [Oct. 1, 2018] to cancer researchers James P. Allison and ...
Fighting the next pandemic with injection-free ‘vaccine patches’
When the next deadly pandemic flu hits, the first challenge will be to develop a vaccine. But looming behind that obstacle is ...
