Researchers at UCLA Health have found that a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences may be influenced by both childhood attention problems and their genetic makeup. The findings, ...

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate ...

Julieta Bonvin Sallago is constantly plagued by the worry that she will not wake up in the middle of the night when her alarm sounds to remind her to take 40 grams of cornstarch. Now for the first ...

I’ve always been tempted to do a genetic test to check in on my heart. I’m in pretty good health, but I have a few close relatives who’ve had heart attacks, strokes, and cancer, so I know my genes ...

Sometimes you can hear a French bulldog before you see it—it’s the wheezing sounds they make when they breathe. Frenchies, it seems, are 30 times more likely than other breeds to suffer from ...

It’s well known that experiencing adverse events in childhood (such as maltreatment, domestic violence, or parental substance abuse) is associated with mental health problems. But, despite decades of ...

CINCINNATI — Brynn Schulte nearly died twice when she was a baby, at one point needing emergency surgery for massive bleeding in her brain. No one knew what was wrong until a test that looked at her ...

Whether by way of Attenborough, Disney or National Geographic, the iconic scene is familiar to many. The ground trembles and clouds of dust swirl as enormous hordes of large animals thunder across the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The mean maternal age at first birth has been increasing in the United States in recent years, from 24.9 years ...

Researchers have developed a gene editing strategy that could repair the genetic problems that lead to Huntington's disease and Friedreich's ataxia. These disorders arise because of abnormal repeats ...

Going through multiple miscarriages can be incredibly difficult, especially when you don’t know why they happen or whether your next pregnancy will be successful. Of all pregnancies, 10–25 percent of ...