Despite decades of research, scientists struggle to understand the mental health implications of DNA. Researchers were able ...

A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder ...

Is Obesity Genetic or Environmental? Get All the Details This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Key ...

Gout causes sudden flares of joint pain, which often arise during the nighttime, and in the big toe, though it may affect other joints including the ankles or knees. It is the most common type of ...

The cause of rare diseases is increasingly being detected through genome sequencing, which involves reading the entire human ...

Studying over 100,000 embryos revealed genetic factors behind chromosome segregation issues that lead to aneuploidy, ...

People from the northwest of Ireland have the highest risk in the British Isles of developing a genetic disease that causes a ...

Stuttering is more than a speech issue; it’s a life-altering condition for millions globally. If someone you know struggles with stuttering, the frustration and emotional toll can be profound. Until ...

The research, published in Science, argues that the true genetic contribution to the variation in human lifespan has been masked. A genetic contribution of 55% aligns far more closely with what has ...

Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center and University of Basel have discovered new genetic causes of inherited blindness. Their study, published in Nature Genetics, shows that changes in ...

Anne Campbell says being diagnosed with a genetic disease in her 80s came as a relief.