http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new study looking at the genomes of more than 1,500 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and devastating lung disease, found multiple genetic associations with the disease, including one gene variant that was linked to an increase in the risk of death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-gene-pulmonary-fibrosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:00:03 EST news285354005 In the largest ever genome-wide association study on myopia, 23andMe, the leading personal genetics company, identified 20 new genetic associations for myopia, or nearsightedness. The company also replicated two known associations in the study, which was specific to individuals of European ancestry. The study included an analysis of genetic data and survey responses from more than 50,000 23andMe customers and demonstrates that the genetic basis of myopia is complex and affected by multiple genes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-multiple-genetic-factors-impacting-nearsightedness.html Genetics Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:40:16 EST news282472806 Researchers have identified four new regions on the human genome associated with Behcet's disease, a painful and potentially dangerous condition found predominantly in people with ancestors along the Silk Road. For nearly 2,000 years, traders used this 4,000-mile network linking the Far East with Europe to exchange goods, culture and, in the case of the Silk Road disease, genes. National Institutes of Health researchers and their Turkish and Japanese collaborators published their findings in the Jan. 6, 2013, advance online issue of Nature Genetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-genetic-mystery-behcet-disease-unfolds.html Genetics Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:00:09 EST news276685053 The ability of cannabis to produce psychosis has long been an important public health concern. This concern is growing in importance as there is emerging data that cannabis exposure during adolescence may increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, a serious psychotic disorder. Further, with the advent of medical marijuana, a new group of people with uncertain psychosis risk may be exposed to cannabis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-gene-cannabis-psychosis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:31:35 EST news272111461 (HealthDay) -- A genome-wide association study of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis shows a genetic contribution to disease susceptibility, which differs between granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis, according to a study published in the July 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-anca-associated-vasculitis-genetic-component.html Genetics Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:10:01 EST news261941503 (Medical Xpress) -- Unrelated people who are more similar genetically tend to have more similar attitudes and preferences, reports a new Cornell study published May 7 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings suggest that genetic data -- taken as a whole -- could eventually help predict economic and political preferences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-genes-small-effect-economic-political.html Genetics Thu, 31 May 2012 06:21:32 EST news257664074 Using its unique online research platform, 23andMe, a leading personal genetics company, has found five significant genetic associations for hypothyroidism in the largest known genome-wide association study of hypothyroidism conducted to date. The details of the study are now available online in the journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-23andme-significant-genetic-associations-hypothyroidism.html Genetics Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:21:01 EST news253185645 Results of the largest genomics study of multiple sclerosis patients ever undertaken have identified more than two dozen new genetic variants linked to disease risk, including some previously implicated in other autoimmune diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-genetic-links-ms-roles-autoimmune.html Genetics Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:00:43 EST news232199562 Today 23andMe, an industry leader in personal genetics, announced the discovery of two significant, novel genetic associations with Parkinson's disease (PD) and provided new evidence that there is a substantial genetic component remaining to be discovered for Parkinson's. "Web-based genome-wide association study identifies two novel loci and a substantial genetic component for Parkinson's disease" was published online today in PLoS Genetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-23andme-genetic-associations-substantial-component.html Genetics Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:06:55 EST news228125180