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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 ...

A new study has provided new insights into the the genetic overlap among some psychiatric disorders, and can help explain why it’s not uncommon for several of these disorders to arise in the same ...

Scientists have uncovered new genetic clues that help explain why some people go to the bathroom more often than others—and vitamin B1 unexpectedly takes center stage.

A genetic study reveals that it is not coffee itself, but how long caffeine remains in the blood, that influences the risk of diabetes.

How much an infant cries is largely steered by their genetics, and there is probably not much that parents can do about it. This has been shown in a new Swedish twin study from Uppsala University and ...