The three-hit model, developed from more than a decade of systems biology research, proposes that autism develops when three ...

Emotional support in marriage may protect against obesity and the stronger the relationship the better, a study has revealed.

We’ve all heard that ‘patience is a virtue,’ but is impatience a health risk? In A Nutshell Scientists identified 11 genetic regions linked to delay discounting (the tendency to choose immediate ...

For individuals who are currently cognitively unimpaired, the lifetime and 10-year absolute risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia increases with increasing amyloid positron emission ...

The gambling industry saw record revenues for the fourth straight year, just shy of $72 billion. The rise in sports betting apps and online casinos has also led to an increase in the number of people ...

Julie Deslippe receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund and is a Rutherford Dicovery Fellow funded to do Plant Ecology research in Tongariro National Park. Te Herenga Waka — ...

Risk factors are things that raise your chances of getting a disease. There are different types of risk factors such as genetic, biological, lifestyle and exposure. For each person, a mix of these ...

OpenAI has upgraded the potential biological risk level for its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, implementing additional safeguards as a “precautionary approach.” The AI firm on Thursday ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...