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Baby Names That Have Been Banned Around The World
By Katherine George Baby

Baby Names That Have Been Banned Around The World

Parents are constantly trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to choosing a baby name. While some parents prefer to stick to more traditional names, there are others who like to bend the rules with either a gender neutral name, or by creating something totally new and obscure. Most of the time, their originality […]

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CDC Greenlights Two Updated COVID-19 Vaccines, but How Will They Fare Against the Latest Variants? 5 Questions Answered
By Prakash Nagarkatti and Mitzi Nagarkatti Your Health

CDC Greenlights Two Updated COVID-19 Vaccines, but How Will They Fare Against the Latest Variants? 5 Questions Answered

On Sept. 12, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the newly formulated COVID-19 vaccines for all Americans ages 6 months and up, hours after its expert advisory committee voted 13 to 1 in favor of recommending the vaccines. The CDC’s broad recommendation comes one day after the Food and Drug Administration approved […]

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Can At-Home DNA Tests Predict How You’ll Respond to Your Medications? Pharmacists Explain the Risks and Benefits of Pharmacogenetic Testing
By Kayla B. Rowe, Lucas Berenbrok, and Philip Empey Your Health

Can At-Home DNA Tests Predict How You’ll Respond to Your Medications? Pharmacists Explain the Risks and Benefits of Pharmacogenetic Testing

Have you ever wondered why certain medications don’t seem to work as well for you as they do for others? This variability in drug response is what pharmacogenomic testing hopes to explain by looking at the genes within your DNA. Pharmacogenomics, or PGx, is the study of how genes affect your response to medications. Genes […]

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Alzheimer’s Disease Is Partly Genetic – Studying the Genes That Delay Decline in Some May Lead to Treatments For All
By Steven DeKosky Your Health

Alzheimer’s Disease Is Partly Genetic – Studying the Genes That Delay Decline in Some May Lead to Treatments For All

Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk genes that affect the body in a way that increases the chance someone will develop the disease. In Alzheimer’s disease, genetic mutations in any of three specific genes can cause the disease, […]

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