People from around the world can use a physically active lifestyle to blunt the effect of inherited obesity genes, McMaster University researchers have found.
Jan 4, 2016
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A woman's genes may influence whether hormone therapy after menopause will provide her some protection against heart disease.
Nov 10, 2015
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A new, large-scale study has identified six new genetic variants associated with habitual coffee drinking. The genome-wide meta-analysis, led by Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers, ...
Oct 7, 2014
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Scientists have known that toxic effects of substances known as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), found in both natural and human-made materials, can pass from one generation to the next, but new research shows that ...
Aug 25, 2014
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A reduction in alcohol consumption, even for light-to-moderate drinkers, could be linked to improved cardiovascular health, including a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, lower body mass index and blood pressure, according ...
Jul 10, 2014
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Many parents may have noticed their children seemed on edge during their first week of school. They may have been agitated, withdrawn or more focused on themselves, rather than what was going on around them. Such behaviours ...
Sep 10, 2013
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An assay designed to measure normal and abnormal forms of the huntingtin protein – the mutated form of which causes Huntington's disease (HD) – was successful in detecting levels of the mutant protein in a large multicenter ...
Aug 29, 2013
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Two novel susceptibility genes to Takayasu Arteritis have been identified by a research group from the Department of Rhematology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine. This study was published ...
Jul 8, 2013
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Increased iron levels may be causally associated with a decreased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, says a new paper published this week in PLOS Medicine. Irene Pichler from EURAC in Italy and a group of international ...
Jun 4, 2013
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Mice engineered with a human gene for schizophrenia and exposed to lead during early life exhibited behaviors and structural changes in their brains consistent with schizophrenia. Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman ...
May 31, 2013
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