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The Human Genome Project can help us answer humanity’s biggest questions surrounding war and violence.

At a certain point in time—perhaps sooner than most people think—the ever-increasing average human lifespan will begin accelerating faster than people age. This moment, according to anti-aging expert Aubrey de […]

One of the most intriguing pieces of business news last week was Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ return to public life, his first public appearance since October. After a six-month break […]

Can you hear me now? The Environmental Working Group (EWG) – a watchdog NGO run by an army of top scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers – released an alarming […]

Last year Bill Maher released a movie ridiculing religious beliefs, including those of creationists. But he’s now ranting against vaccination (Orac’s blog is all over it), saying the same thing […]

A blogstorm of concern is simmering in the booming netbook market, and it’s not about keyboard size or battery life. It’s about the potential health hazards of purportedly antimicrobial silver […]

Harry Ostrer, Director of the Human Genetics Program at NYU, criticizes companies that now offer home DNA tests. In five years, he envisions predictive genetic tests for prostate cancer, breast […]

A news article from New Zealand, more relevant to the dark ages. https://www.stuff.co.nz/the press/news/christchurch/2746441/Faith-healers-attack-cancer-with-prayer

Oncologist David Scadden explores the hypothesis that cancer grows from stem cells and how future cancer treatment might focus on stem cells, not the whole tumor.

Omnicharity (n) — A group of cooperating charities working under one name, to benefit one or more causes.

East hasn’t met West, according to Robert Thurman. Both authentic Western and Eastern thought have been subsumed by a cancerous popular culture.

Dean Kamen shares how he adapted one of his inventions, a tiny drug delivery system for neonatal cancer patients, for adults with other conditions.

When you want to see art, that contemporary expression of the human essence, do you find some stand-up comedy in an events bulletin or do you head for a gallery? […]

When attending the Mobius LA forum hosted by the American Institute of Architecture this weekend, a lecture about site-specific art picked my brain. I became obsessed by the subject of […]

Delos M. Cosgrove, a heart surgeon, told the New York Times he’d stop hiring obese people if he could because being overweight is a “disease.”

Plenty has been made of the transcendent, uniting force of music, particularly in the wake of Michael Jackson’s untimely death and the subsequent celebration of his international musical legacy. But […]

Nobel-prize winning biochemist Sir Paul Nurse comes to Big Think tomorrow to discuss cancer research and health care policy. Post your questions for the “David Beckham of science” here. Over […]

A study published today in the journal Stem Cells and Development renders the male gender, evolutionarily speaking, unnecessary. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Northeast England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) […]

By funding Capitated Primary Healthcare for low-income individuals and families we can create a platform for quality and accountability that will transform and lower healthcare costs for everybody. Simply by moving the bottom we will cause a shift that will percolate through the whole system and bring change.

More evidence has emerged to charge Israel with deploying experimental and illegal weapons during the 22-day attack on Gaza last month. Although the use of white phosphorus aroused a short-lived […]

The Wikipedia page for John Updike claims to have last been modified today, on February 9, 2009. While Wikipedia allows unique disclaimers for subjects recently deceased—Updike died January 27th, of […]

Obama’s early life was decidedly chaotic and replete with traumatic and mentally bruising dislocations. Mixed-race marriages were even less common then. His parents went through a divorce when he was an infant (two years old). Pathological narcissism is a reaction to prolonged abuse and trauma in early childhood or early adolescence. The source of the abuse or trauma is immaterial: the perpetrators could be dysfunctional or absent parents, teachers, other adults, or peers.

A Doctor’s suggestions for Healthcare Reform

A Type A personality, Lee approached her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis proactively.

Robert Rubino offers his take on the present and future state of women’s cancer prevention and treatment.

The president of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation describes the organization’s mission, growth, and fund-raising efficiency.

Biblowitz takes breast cancer research personally.

Although breast cancer awareness is high, challenges still exist in raising funds for research.

Biblowitz describes the road ahead for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and ways to get involved in raising funds for research.

A labor of love for Lee, the Pink Agenda is an organization of young professionals who raise money to find a cure for breast cancer.