Schizophrenia is thought to affect 1 in 300 people, or about 0.32 percent of the global population, and treatment options are limited because of a poor understanding of the mechanisms underlying the ...

The blurred lines between conditions such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia may finally have a genetic explanation. A new study, applying advanced genomic statistical methods to data from over ...

Dr. Austin Argentieri, lead author of the study at Oxford Population Health and Research Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, said "Our exposome approach allowed us to quantify the relative ...

U.S. Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has expressed views on the causes of autism that clash with scientific evidence. With statements like "genes don't cause an epidemic," he emphasizes ...

Some of the environmental factors are modifiable, the researchers said. Nature versus nurture: Scientists are gathering more evidence on which has more of an impact on human well-being amid the aging ...

The mystery of why some people age more gracefully than others has fascinated researchers for decades. A comprehensive new study has now provided compelling evidence that our daily habits and ...

Research on Tourette’s indicates that the condition is strongly influenced by inherited genetic factors, with environmental factors also contributing to its development. Tourette syndrome is a ...

Medically reviewed by Laura Young, MD Key Takeaways PCOS has a strong genetic component but is influenced by lifestyle and ...

A new study led by researchers from Oxford Population Health has shown that a range of environmental factors, including lifestyle (smoking and physical activity), and living conditions, have a greater ...