Psychology & Psychiatry
Health and thinking skills linked to same genes, study shows
Genes that influence people's health also shape how effectively they think, a study shows.
Jan 26, 2016
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Genetics
Same genes drive maths and reading ability
Around half of the genes that influence how well a child can read also play a role in their mathematics ability, say scientists from UCL, the University of Oxford and King's College London who led a study into the genetic ...
Jul 8, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Genetics explain why some boys and girls are bigger than others
The influence of genetic factors on differences between children's Body Mass Index (BMI) increases from 43% at age 4 to 82% at age 10, reports a new study by researchers at UCL and King's College London.
Apr 23, 2014
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Genetics
Epigenetics study discovers cancer risks double when two carcinogens present at 'safe' levels
(Medical Xpress)—Science knows that arsenic and estrogen can cause cancer. At certain very low levels, the chemicals offer little to no threats to human health.
Jun 29, 2013
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Addiction
Researchers find a strong association between alcohol dependence and chromosome 5q13.2
Excessive drinking is not only the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States, there is also a very strong genetic influence on the risk of developing alcohol dependence (AD). Given its serious public-health ...
Jun 15, 2012
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Genetics
Genetic study offers clues to how intelligence changes through life
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have estimated for the first time the extent to which genes determine changes in intelligence across the human life course.
Jan 19, 2012
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Genetics
Genetic predisposition to disease common in two supercentenarians: study
The first-ever published whole-genome sequences of not just one, but two supercentenarians, aged more than 114 years, reveal that both unusual and common genetic phenomena contribute to the genetic background of extreme human ...
Jan 3, 2012
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Neuroscience
Of mice and men, a common cortical connection
A new study using magnetic resonance imaging data of 406 adult human twins affirms the long-standing idea that the genetic basis of human cortical regionalization – the organization of the outer brain into specific functional ...
Nov 16, 2011
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Medical research
Autistic facial characteristics identified
The face and brain develop in coordination, with each influencing the other, beginning in the embryo and continuing through adolescence. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found distinct differences between the ...
Oct 20, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Over range of ADHD behavior, genes major force on reading achievement, environment on math
Humans are not born as blank slates for nature to write on. Neither are they behaving on genes alone.
Apr 22, 2011
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