Genes

How the Brain Got Liberated

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living


Deepak Chopra

Unlike almost every other organ, the belief about the brain was that healing didn't exist, so that once wounded or impaired, the damage was permanent. Now we know that's not true.

Book Review: Not A Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes That Make Us Human

Dan Agin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Dan Agin

Some people argue that humans are merely crazy apes, but the counter-argument, that humans and apes are dramatically different, is not easily dismissed. So, how different are we from other animals?

Humans Are All Mutants

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology....

Can Meditation Change Your Brain And Affect Your Genes?

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living


Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

In last week's blog, Susan Smalley, Ph.D., founder of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA, shared with us her fascinating journey. Af...

Will You Develop Alzheimier's? New Research Touts Genetic Marker

wsj.com | Shirley S. Wang | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living


Allen Roses, director of Duke University's Deane Drug Discovery Institute, said that if other researchers get the same findings, it could mean a drast...

Public Libraries: Community-Based Health Clubs for the Brain

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living


Alvaro Fernandez

Libraries are taking on a new mission to help promote cognitive health in their communities and using the concept of brain fitness.

Do You Have Fat Genes?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you have the DRD2 gene, with the A1 allele variant, you are more likely to be obese and more likely to be addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. This is not your fault.

STUDY: Genes Can Predict Which Kids Join Gangs

TIME | Kathleen Kingsbury | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living


How much power do genes hold over behavior? Can they predict, for example, whether a child will grow up to join a gang? Those are among the questions ...

10 Ways Your Food Can Bring Out the Best in Your Genes

Dr. Frank Lipman | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living


Dr. Frank Lipman

Healthy aging is mainly the result of how we "communicate" with our genes -- through our diet, our lifestyle and the environment we bathe them in.

STUDY: Why Autism Affects Boys More Than Girls

news.yahoo.com | Alice Park | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living


Among the many mysteries that befuddle autism researchers: why the disorder affects boys four times more often than girls. But in new findings reporte...

A Modest Proposal

Dan Agin | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics


Dan Agin

On opening our newspaper this morning (our "newspaper of record"), we find an Op-Ed essay arguing that human morality has been provided to us by Darwi...

Nature and That's It

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living


Earl Pomerantz

"Nurture" doesn't really exist. It's simply expressed "nature." Where's my evidence? I don't have any. I offer my opinion unencumbered by study or research. I have no patience for that stuff.

Genes at the Crossroads

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.27.2008 | Living


Deepak Chopra

Human behavior isn't complex the way a game of chess is, or the way the wiring is in a computer, for example. Human traits cannot be ascribed to one gene or even a large group.

The Republican Albatross: Conservatives, Ideology, and the Human Condition As Seen By David Brooks

Dan Agin | Posted 07.26.2008 | Media


Dan Agin

The dogma of American conservatism is to look backward, which means you're usually out of date in understanding progress and usually wrong in understanding the human condition.

Study: Healthy Living Can Change Your Genes

abcnews.com | Will Dunham | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living


Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic chang...