While lifestyle choices, including diet and activity level, play an important role in a person’s risk of obesity, genetics can also shape natural tendencies toward weight gain or loss. In fact, genes ...

What is the human exposome? A massive study quantifying 115,000 associations shows that cumulative environmental exposures rival genetics in predicting disease.

Lifestyle-behavioral factors and socioeconomic status play an important role in shaping healthy aging, but their effects may ...

Clinicians should consider both cultural practices and genetic factors when diagnosing and treating pediatric skin conditions ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports suggests that the connection between a young adult’s cognitive ability and their future socioeconomic status is largely driven by their genes. The findings ...

IS remains a major health problem despite the great efforts made worldwide to fight against it. The impact of genetics on IS, and its risk factors and subclinical phenotypes of CVD has been widely ...

african american man in blue and white surgical face mask Source: By rohane/Adobe/Used with Permission Recently, the area of genetics has greatly transformed public comprehension of health and disease ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Science argues that the genetic contribution to human lifespan has been dramatically ...

A sweeping genomic analysis reveals how psychiatric disorders cluster into five biological families, exposing shared pathways and pinpointing where their genetic roots diverge. Study: Mapping the ...

New research suggests genetic factors may be protecting females from developing autism at the same rate as males. Our ...

Congenital hydrocephalus is a developmental disorder marked by an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain’s ventricles. This condition, which affects approximately one in every ...