The promise of genetic testing is charming doctors and patients who are eager to finally make a dent in rising obesity rates. After all, weighing too much is a risk factor for lots of chronic diseases and greatly affects ...
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Increased levels of physical activity can significantly reduce the odds of depression, even among people who are genetically predisposed to the condition, according to a new study from researchers at Massachusetts General ...
Nov 5, 2019
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Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited conditions, like Huntington's Disease or rare cancers.
Jul 2, 2019
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An international team led by Munich-based researchers has found a genetic score that reliably predicts which youths will have depression, the severity of the depression and the age of onset. Furthermore, an additive effect ...
Apr 5, 2019
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Advanced paternal age increases the risk in offspring of early-onset schizophrenia, a severe form of the disorder, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry. The association between paternal age and risk in children remained ...
Mar 26, 2019
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When I got home after work I was surprised to find my husband and three children sitting by the television and watching the news. They had just learned that the direct to consumer genetic testing company 23andMe was now offering ...
Mar 13, 2019
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There is only scant scientific evidence available on whether the genetic risk for developing specific psychiatric disorders or cognitive traits is manifest in brain structure from childhood, and to date, studies have focused ...
Jan 25, 2019
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Depression is a common disorder for which cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the recommended treatment for most patients. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now studied how genetic factors relate to differences ...
Nov 26, 2018
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By studying the effect of genetic variations on lifespan across the human genome, researchers have devised a way to estimate whether an individual can expect to live longer or shorter than average, and have advanced scientific ...
Oct 21, 2018
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Current United States Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines call for screening all Americans between the ages of 40 and 75 years to determine eligibility for statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering medications. ...
Jun 4, 2018
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