Having good genes might be a shortcut to a nice physique—but they're not everything. Here's what you need to know.

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 ...

People often remark that allergies run in their family, but the genetic causes have remained unclear. Previous food allergy genetic research has relied upon broad but surface-level methods called ...

Why do some people feel chills when listening to music, reading poetry, or viewing a powerful work of art, while others do ...

Whether babies take their first steps at nine or 15 months depends on a lot of factors – including their genes, a new study has found. New parents wait with bated breath for their babies to begin ...

The researchers experimented with musical pieces believed to increase dopamine, a chemical in the brain. When this process ...