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Apples Best at Eliminating Garlic Breath
By Christine Hsu | Jun 21, 2014 12:59 AM EDT
Have terrible garlic breath? Eat an apple, drink lemonade or pop a mint.
Apple Announces 'HealthKit' Platform And 'Health' App To Gather Together Health Information
By Kamal Nayan | Jun 02, 2014 06:35 PM EDT
As has been expected, Apple announced a new app 'Health' with a new 'HealthKit' platform that will unify together the health information generated by apps and wearables.
150 Year Old Proverb ‘An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away’ Still Appropriate
By Kamal Nayan | Dec 18, 2013 10:42 AM EST
Adults aged 50 and over can prevent or delay around 8,500 vascular deaths by consuming an apple every day, a new study finds. The vascular deaths that can be delayed are heart attacks and strokes.
Children More Likely to Eat Sliced Fruits
By Christine Hsu | Apr 18, 2013 08:41 AM EDT
How do you get kids eat more fruit? It's simple, just cut the fruit up into bite-size pieces.

Did You Know?

Threshold-Dependent Gene Drives In Wild Populations

The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. By altering the heritability of certain traits, gene drive technologies have the potential to spread desired genes through wild populations. In practice, this could lead to mosquito populations that, for example, bear traits making them resistant to the spread of malaria. Despite the huge potential for improving human well-being, concern exists that gene drives could fail in the wild or, perhaps more concerning, spread beyond their intended target populations.