About 15% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and many other conceptions do not survive past the very early stages of ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Some seniors may carry a protective gene that keeps their minds decades younger.

A new study reveals that super agers over 80 have a distinct genetic edge. They are much less likely to carry the gene most ...

The gene variant posing the greatest genetic risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is called APOE-ε4. A different ...

A massive study of more than 18,000 people has revealed that "SuperAgers" – people unusually resistant to dementia in older ...

A new study published in Psychiatry Research indicates that the observed link between cesarean sections and mental disorders ...

A massive study with over 6 million participants reveals genetic clusters behind 14 psychiatric disorders, opening the door to better diagnoses and treatments.

People who stay mentally sharp into their 80s may owe their edge to rare gene variants that lower Alzheimer’s risk and boost ...

A team from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Institute of Neurosciences at the University of Barcelona ...

A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric ...