Health

On Nutrition: Gifts that keep giving

According to a Gallup poll, each of us Americans expects to spend an average of $932 on Christmas gifts this year. I, for one, like practical gifts. (My daugher was thrilled last year when I told her I needed a new crockpot.)

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

UK identifies case of 'mad cow' disease

British officials have identified a single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Hindu group touts cow urine elixir for coronavirus

Dozens of Hindu activists held a cow urine party in the Indian capital Saturday to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, as countries around the world struggle to control the deadly pandemic.

Medical research

In science, it's better to be curious than correct

I'm a geneticist. I study the connection between information and biology—essentially what makes a fly a fly and a human a human. Interestingly, we're not that different. I've been a professional geneticist since the early ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Mad cow disease' found on Scottish farm: govt

A case of BSE—commonly dubbed "mad cow disease"—has been found on a Scottish farm, though the isolated case posed no risk to human health, the devolved government in Edinburgh said Thursday.

Health

Europe's tainted food scandals

Public confidence in food safety in Europe has again been undermined by a growing insecticide-tainted egg scandal.

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