Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical ...

Some 3 percent to 4 percent of Black individuals in the United States have the transthyretin V142I genetic variant, which significantly increases an individual’s risk of heart failure. The UAB-led ...

As Australians return to work after the holidays, many will be reflecting on their health and well-being goals for the year ...

Twin studies can help geneticists determine whether some trait or condition is caused by the environment, or by genetics. Since identical twins carry basically the same genome, if a trait is due to ...

The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...

“I feel like I’m in a fog.” “I have to read things over and over to make them stick.” “The word is on the tip of my tongue but I just can’t think of it.” In my work as a neuropsychologist, these are ...