Understand genetic kidney diseases, their early warning signs, family risk factors, and when dialysis or transplant may be ...

Despite widespread misconceptions, eating disorders aren’t a choice, they’re serious, potentially life-threatening conditions. While social and environmental factors do influence someone’s risk of ...

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have traced a rare premature aging condition in a young Malaysian man to a ...

A multinational collaboration co-led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, in collaboration with Rockefeller University, and Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, has uncovered a ...

Lysosomal Storage Disorders are genetic conditions caused by enzyme deficiencies that lead to harmful substance buildup in cells, resulting in progressive organ damage. Common disorders in India ...

Genetic risk in mental illness is not equal, with some disorders highly distinct and others sharing broad inherited vulnerability.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new study from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) shows 14 psychiatric disorders share genetic roots, which can explain why some people have multiple diagnoses. The study, ...

If you look at new research and health updates any day of the week, you’re likely to find news about increasing cancer rates.

At 17, he started his long journey through addiction treatment units. Now 22, he has been treated numerous times in the ...

An immune-related gene has now been tied to a rare inherited neurological disorder, revealing an overlooked pathway in the ...

From dwarfism to overgrowth, scientists unravel the complex genetic blueprint that determines how tall—or short—we become. Review: The genetic basis of human height. Image Credit: XiXinXing / ...