There's a cheap way to know the future and it involves popping a little bit of your spit in the mail.
Anis Shivani | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books
Dr. Richard P. Bentall, professor and practitioner of clinical psychology in Britain, exposes the highly dubious nature of reigning presumptions about the causes and treatment of mental illness.
Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
A well-known cause of dementia is dementia pugilistica, or what has commonly been called being "punch drunk." In some cases, the presentation is virtually indistinguishable from Alzheimer's dementia.
Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
In the majority of cases, the development of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia is the result of the acquisition of various risk factors throughout life. PTSD is one such factor.
inc.com | Josh Spiro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business
If you made your first sale while still in diapers and your lemonade stand was a substantial contributor to the family income, you've likely been call...
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living
Lists of left-handers in history show that they are disproportionately represented among mathematicians, scientists, artists and, for better or for worse, among charismatic leaders - from Alexander the Great to Jeanne d'Arc.
Posted 10.18.2009 | Home
The "Today Show" has an interesting report on how the science for cloning long-dead animals, including dinosaurs and woolly mammoths, has taken large ...
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
Let's talk about fat. Really talk about it. Oprah does. Why not the rest of America?
Randall Amster | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living
G6PD is an essential enzyme that is lacking in people with this widespread genetic disorder, and its absence leads to a condition that is closely related to other forms of anemia.
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living
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...
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
I recently attended a gathering of supporters of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at the University of California, Los Angeles. During this event, I heard MARC founder (and Huffington Post blogger) Susan Smalley, Ph.D., speak. Dr. Smalley, a research scientist for 25 years, shared her fascinating journey of how she was inspired to create a center for mindfulness research.
Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York
The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.
Don McNay | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business
We have a financial system that has played to people's weaknesses. We have allowed people who are prone to instant gratification to have as much credit as they could get their hands on.
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living
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.
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 ...
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...
Joanna Rudnick | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics
Skolnick's answers surrounding the ethics and detrimental consequences of gene patenting were unsatisfying.
Christopher Gavigan | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living
According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 33 babies born in the US have a birth defect -- about twice as many as in China.
Earl Pomerantz | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living
"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.
Lennard Davis | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living
The Right was wrong in banning stem-cell research, but the Left shouldn't over-correct by insisting that science be free to do anything it likes without the input of informed citizens.
Wired | Alexis Madrigal | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green
Like a negative image of farmers breeding progressively larger chickens and cows, human hunters are making their prey become progressively smaller. A...
Harper Jean Tobin | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics
The Supreme Court has ruled that Congress cannot pass any law protecting state employees without extensive proof that states are violating the Constitution.
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green
Fruit flies are more than just the occasional vehicles for research relevant to human disabilities. They are literally the foundation of modern genetics.
Katie Hood | Posted 10.25.2008 | Living
Sergey Brin's disclosure last week that he carries a genetic mutation increasing his risk for Parkinson's managed to put the genetics-driven revolution in health care back into the headlines.
Christopher Gavigan | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green
Studies suggest that what we eat, how we live, and what our environment exposes us to today could have an impact on the health of our distant descendants.
Lee Schneider | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living