Genetic causes of obesity include monogenic, polygenic, and syndromic obesity. You may have a mutation in one or more genes that may cause early-onset obesity or affect hunger cues. Nearly 42% of ...

Polygenic background bidirectionally modifies the penetrance of pathogenic variants in hypertrophic (HCM) and dilated (DCM) ...

A collaboration including Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital’s Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) has produced a breakthrough in how to ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Genetic risk for dilated cardiomyopathy was tied to elevated risk for secondary cardiomyopathies related to ...

The first time Jamie Cassidy was pregnant, the fetus had a genetic mutation so devastating that she and her husband, Brennan, ...