The reality of herbal supplement contamination
Adulteration of herbal products is common and a threat to consumer safety. Researchers from Canada and India are the latest...
Adverse response to exercise
Dr. Claude Bouchard and colleagues from around the US and Finland tell us that people differ in their response to...
Lowering dementia risk in selected people
The presence of the APOE epislon4 gene is a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at Washington University in...
Cannabis and the genetic vulnerability for depression
Evidence for the association between cannabis and depression is inconsistent. Researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen, in The Netherlands, evaluated the...
Moderating effect of religiosity on problem alcohol use
Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder studied whether religiosity moderated the genetic variance associated with problem alcohol use...
If you were genetically susceptible to Alzheimer’s would you take supplements?
Apparently, many people would, according to this study by researchers at Boston University School of Public Health, in Massachusetts.
Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes
The haptoglobin (Hp) 2-2 gene is dysfunctional in people with diabetes and increases their risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers at...
Relative importance of lifestyle changes on the risk of dementia
Researchers at INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale), in Montpellier, France, tell us lifestyle changes...
Is there a genetic predisposition to vitamin D deficiency?
The SUNLIGHT (Study of Underlying Genetic Determinants of Vitamin D and Highly Related Traits) Consortium reports its results. The abstract...
Michael Crichton and genetically modified food
The late physician/author of Jurassic Park, State of Fear, and ER was once asked by Scott Burgess if genetically modified...
DHA effective in some people with Alzheimer’s disease
 During the Alzheimer’s Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, researchers from Oregon Health & Sciences University, in Portland reported...
Selenium, genetics, and aggressive prostate cancer
Genetics appear to influence the risk of aggressive prostate cancer in men taking selenium supplements, according to collaborators at cancer...
A pharmacogenomic-CAM connection in diabetes
Dr. Andrew Levy from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa makes the case for a new pharmacogenomic blood test that...
Increased protein and mineral content from genetically engineered wheat
Researchers have cloned a gene from wild wheat that increases its protein, zinc, and iron content. The impact of this...
Worried about global warming?
Here’s a list of research designed to allow grains to offset the effects of global warming. Thanks to genetic engineering,...
Are we willing to pay more for organic food?
Northern California shoppers were divided into two groups: “regular organic shoppers” who buy organic produce on a typical grocery-shopping trip;...
Good news for genetically modified cotton
Here is an update to an earlier post that chronicled a problem with genetically engineered cotton in China where it...
A problem for genetically modified crops that has nothing to do with environmentalists
Chinese cotton growers were among the first farmers to plant genetically modified (GM) cotton to resist bollworms (photo). Now, the...
Genetically engineered rice “contamination.” So what?
The Washington Post reports, “U.S. commercial supplies of long-grain rice [were] inadvertently contaminated with a genetically engineered (GE) variety not...
Genetically modified food. What’s new.
Global biotech crop acreage grew to 222 million acres in 2005 from 7 million in 1996. Except for this, and...