The risk of developing cardiovascular disease is lower in people with obesity who have a genetic predisposition for high BMI than people with obesity influenced mainly by environmental factors such as ...

Crucially, physical inactivity only significantly increased diabetes risk in UAE nationals, not in expatriates, where activity level had no statistically significant effect. This points directly to a ...

Although sedentary behavior may be an evolutionarily selected trait, it is still important to try to be physically active, says a new study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Disparate Rates of Germline Variants in Cancer Predisposition Genes in African American/Black Compared With Non-Hispanic White Individuals Between 2015 and 2022 The funding sources did not play a role ...

Researchers have identified 579 locations in the human genome associated with a predisposition to self-regulation-related behaviors, including addiction and child behavioral problems. With data from 1 ...

Finnish scientists have identified genes that may predispose to anxiety disorders. Some of the studied genes show a statistical association with specific anxiety disorders. Finnish scientists have ...

Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the U.S., and 10% of it comes from inherited gene mutations. Tests for genetic risk factors are inexpensive, and yet many people don't take them. Let's ...

A Wall Street Journal article of April 27, 2013 states, “Brain-imaging techniques are identifying physical deformations and functional abnormalities that predispose some individuals to violence.” The ...