A new study of German twins suggests that the strong connection between a young adult's cognitive ability and their future socioeconomic status is largely driven by their genes, rather than shared ...

Statistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be reverse-engineered to reveal the underlying genetic data, prompting privacy concerns ...

Participants in a new study who spent more time being sedentary were more likely to experience decline regardless of how much they exercised.

A massive new analysis of over 200,000 people reveals that the relative lengths of your index and ring fingers are linked to your sexual orientation, pointing to the powerful role of prenatal hormones ...

Objectives Enabling the reuse of participant-level health data is central to advancing public health and clinical practice. Measuring knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) related to data sharing ...

Cannabis and other illicit drugs are associated with higher stroke risk, underscoring the importance of addressing substance ...

An insightful mini-review published in Genomic Psychiatry synthesizes the rapidly expanding landscape of molecular genetic research on common epilepsies, assembling evidence from genome-wide ...

To say that “No one died from radiation at Fukushima” or “There have been no deaths or cases of radiation sickness from the nuclear accident” misses the point, considering what the Japanese call ...

Climate change remains a great challenge to rural livelihoods in Sierra Leone, especially in agricultural communities that depend on climate-sensitive resources. Although indigenous knowledge has been ...