Despite widespread misconceptions, eating disorders aren’t a choice, they’re serious, potentially life-threatening conditions. While social and environmental factors do influence someone’s risk of ...

A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle—at higher risk of developing heart failure, which can be fatal, according to a study ...

Researchers identify genetic markers that predict the rate of β-cell failure in type 1 diabetes, facilitating earlier, personalized care strategies Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune condition ...

A large study published Jan. 29 in the journal Science suggests genetics could account for as much as 55% of a person’s lifespan. That’s far higher than earlier estimates, which ranged from 6% to 33%.

A groundbreaking study suggests that our genes may play a much larger role in our expiration date than we ever imagined.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

Nurses at the Zaporizhzhia Children's Hospital tend to Milena, a 13 year-old girl hit by a bullet as she was evacuating from Mariupol with her family - Copyright AFP ...

How much an infant cries is largely steered by their genetics, and there is probably not much that parents can do about it. This has been shown in a new Swedish twin study from Uppsala University and ...