It impacts roughly 1 in 300 Americans — and puts people at a higher risk of developing cancer before age 50.

Rutgers‑led study of 2.2 million people finds addiction risk is driven more by genes tied to impulse control and reward ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process rewards, regulate impulses and weigh consequences—not from genes that ...

What if you could take a test to help you catch, or even prevent, cancer? A free genetic screening study through Sanford ...

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

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are metabolic conditions with many causes, including overlapping and distinct genetic ...

Although Chuck Lane did everything right, he was blindsided by a major heart attack in October 2024. The cause wasn't his ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring ...

When a person with cancer finds out they carry an inherited genetic variant that puts them at higher risk of cancer, the results can help inform their treatment or steps to prevent additional cancer.

A long-term Swedish study suggests that the relationship between diet and dementia may be more complex than previously ...

Some people with the gene did not have expected outcomes if they were heavy meat-eaters ...