Allergic to eggs? Here’s how tweaking chicken genes can save kids from anaphylactic shock

Allergic to eggs? Here’s how tweaking chicken genes can save kids from anaphylactic shock

Jessica Norris | Medical News Today | 
Egg allergies are common and may develop during early childhood, resulting in unpleasant symptoms and leading to negative health outcomes ...
CRISPR gene editing can treat heart disease and repair damaged tissue after a heart attack

CRISPR gene editing can treat heart disease and repair damaged tissue after a heart attack

Corrie Pelc | Medical News Today | 
Every year cardiovascular disease accounts for about 32% of all deaths worldwide. Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical ...
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Single-dose CRISPR gene editing technology helps train patients’ immune systems to fight cancer

Beth JoJack | Medical News Today | 
For the first time, researchers have used CRISPR technology to substitute genes in patients’ immune cells to treat cancer. Participants ...
Smoking weed increase risk of developing emphysema

Cannabis smokers more at risk of emphysema than cigarette smokers, study shows

Paul Cross | Medical News Today | 
In a new study, researchers found that airway inflammation and emphysema are more common in people who smoke cannabis compared ...
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72% reduction: High-intensity exercise can dramatically reduce your cancer risk

Beth JoJack | Medical News Today | 
A recent study found that high intensity aerobic exercise increased glucose consumption by internal organs. The researchers believe this association ...
Here’s what time of day you should exercise to most effectively prevent heart disease and stroke

Here’s what time of day you should exercise to most effectively prevent heart disease and stroke

Robby Berman | Medical News Today | 
Although exercise is always generally good for health, a large new prospective study finds that one particular time of day may offer ...
Cancer-fighting mushrooms? Insect-eating cordyceps fungi could help produce new antiviral and cancer drugs

Cancer-fighting mushrooms? Insect-eating cordyceps fungi could help produce new antiviral and cancer drugs

Annie Lennon | Medical News Today | 
Researchers grew cordyceps mushrooms on six different kinds of insects. They found that mushrooms grown amid high levels of oleic ...
‘Good’ vs ‘bad’ fat: This drug could coax our bodies into making a greater proportion of easy-to-burn fat, helping fight obesity

‘Good’ vs ‘bad’ fat: This drug could coax our bodies into making a greater proportion of easy-to-burn fat, helping fight obesity

Jessica Norris | Medical News Today | 
Obesity is a condition that can increase the risk of specific health problems, such as type 2 diabetes. T​here are ...
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Biological tipping point: At a certain point in life, environmental factors and age are more important to disease risk than DNA

Robby Berman | Medical News Today | 
In 1952, Nobel-prize winner Dr. Peter Medawar put forward the hypothesis that aging processes may be a result of evolution’s ...
‘Obesity is way more complex than we thought’: Risk of being overweight likely influenced by what happened in the womb

‘Obesity is way more complex than we thought’: Risk of being overweight likely influenced by what happened in the womb

Anna Guildford | Medical News Today | 
Obesity can seriously compromise a person’s physical and mental health. It is definedTrusted Source as “abnormal or excessive fat accumulation ...
Vitamin supplements can provide real benefits, but they are often abused and the dangers are real

Vitamin supplements can provide real benefits, but they are often abused and the dangers are real

Robby Berman | Medical News Today | 
A new case report provides a striking example of what can happen if one takes too much vitamin D ...
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Is short better: Can height predict your risk for certain diseases?

Corrie Pelc | Medical News Today | 
Over the years, scientists have examined a person’s height as a non-modifiable risk factor for certain diseases. Past research shows ...
Seeking out the genetic roots of migraine

Seeking out the genetic roots of migraine

James Kingland | Medical News Today | 
Research suggests that genes account for up to 60% of a person’s risk of having the condition. Almost one-third of ...
Can you worry yourself to death? Anxiety increases risk of heart disease in men

Can you worry yourself to death? Anxiety increases risk of heart disease in men

Annie Lennon | Medical News Today | 
Anxiety is linked to several cardiometabolic conditions, including coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and hypertension. The reasons behind these links and how they develop, ...
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Hypersexuality a medical condition? Scientists find genetic links to compulsive sexual behavior

Maria Cohut | Medical News Today | 
Although it can have a significantly negative impact on a person's quality of life, whether compulsive sexual behavior qualifies as a ...
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Left-handed, right-handed? Researchers zeroing in on genetic factors, development in the womb

Catherine Paddock | Medical News Today | 
For the first time, scientists have pinpointed regions of human DNA that closely relate to whether people are right- or ...
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Can genetics explain why women live longer than men?

Maria Cohut | Medical News Today | 
Existing research has shown that, on average, women tend to live longer than men, and many mammals show this same ...
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How genes influence mouth bacteria and tooth decay

Catharine Paddock | Medical News Today | 
The composition of our oral bacteria when we are very young is predominantly influenced by our genetic background. But as ...
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Mysterious ‘jumping genes’ responsible for spontaneous diseases at birth

Nearly half [of our genes are] made up of jumping genes, which are also called mobile DNA or mobile genetic ...
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Is there a genetic link between Alzheimer’s and higher childhood IQs?

Maria Cohut | Medical News Today | 
Mutations of the amyloid precursor protein gene are known to be involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Now, new ...
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Early onset menopause and type 2 diabetes may be genetically linked

Mario Cohut | Medical News Today | 
The early onset of menopause has been shown to correlate with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according ...
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Two new genetic mutations linked to Alzheimer’s

Ana Sandoiu | Medical News Today | 
New research moves us closer to understanding the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease, as scientists find two new genes that ...
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Muscle strength may be in the genes —16 of them

For the first time, scientists have discovered common genetic factors that influence muscle strength. The discovery offers new insights into ...
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Organs from stem cells: Are we getting close?

The concept behind tissue engineering is simple: grow the patient's stem cells in the laboratory, add them to a scaffold ...
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Working late-night shifts may wreck your body’s ability to repair its DNA

Ana Sandoiu | Medical News Today | 
Working at night has been associated with a wide range of negative health effects, including cognitive impairment, metabolic disorders, and breast cancer...Now, new ...
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Testicular cancer risks identified, raising hopes for screening test

A new study brings closer the day when healthy men will be able to undergo a genetic test that shows ...
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Epileptic seizures could be reduced by boosting micro-gene

Ana Sandoiu | Medical News Today | 
[Epileptic] seizures can have genetic causes or can be triggered by different kinds of neural injury. All brains are prone ...
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Shared vision: Identical twins see the world the same—even as they age

Tim Newman | Medical News Today | 
Over recent years, it has become clear that some of the larger defects in vision - such as myopia (nearsightedness) ...
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