About 1 in 4 people suffer from an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. These include panic disorder with sudden, severe anxiety attacks; generalized anxiety disorder, in which sufferers ...

"It's a slow-moving train wreck," Mike Graglia says about his 12-year-old son Tony's rare genetic disease with no cure. Caused by a tiny fluke of nature—a mutation in a gene known as a SYNGAP1—the non ...

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 rare inherited neurodevelopmental disorder has been officially named after an Abu Dhabi-based geneticist at Burjeel Medical ...

Psychiatric disorders can share common genetic influences, which means parts of DNA can be at the root of more than one mental condition, new research has found. The study, led by researchers at Texas ...

“Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.”—James D. Watson A recent ...

New research uncovers how cannabis addiction, not casual use, is genetically tied to severe mental health conditions, raising red flags for policy, treatment, and prevention. Study: The genetic ...

Joshua Resnikoff explains why health insurance isn’t always beneficial to families suffering from genetic diseases and outlines how earlier intervention could realign accountability and care ...

Umbilical cord blood transplantation has transformed the treatment options for patients with blood cancers and other ...

HOSPITAL staff have been told by officials to stop discouraging first-cousin marriages despite the increased risk of birth ...