Many human diseases have a genetic component to them. There are over 6,000 genetic disorders, many of which are fatal or severely debilitating. A genetic disease is caused by a mutation in DNA and can ...

Air pollution has become one of the biggest global health challenges, affecting millions of people every year. Polluted air contains harmful particles like PM2.5, PM10, nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), sulfur ...

New artificial intelligence models are capable of much more accurately predicting the risk of common inherited diseases after analyzing more than 1 million health records generated by routine blood ...

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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved 23andMe’s home DNA tests consumers can use to assess their genetic risk for various diseases, reports The New York Times. The DNA tests identify ...

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and others — doctors can only treat the symptoms. Medical science does not have a cure. Why? Because it’s difficult to ...