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Maintaining a healthy bodyweight is all about balancing the calories we eat with the amount that we burn as energy, but new research has found a new genetic cause of obesity. Those with a genetic variant that disables the SMIM1 gene find it harder to reach this balance, because they expend less...

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Insomnia tied to higher risk of heart disease and stroke Source: American Heart Association Summary: Data from more than a million people found that genetic liability to insomnia may increase the risk of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke. Among types of ischemic stroke, genetic...

It may feel futile to launch your weight-loss efforts when you feel strong genetic forces are conspiring against you. Blaming genetics is a normal response, especially if you grew up in a household where most of your family members were overweight. But genes are just one factor that determines...

Looking through generations of family photos, you may notice it’s not just facial features that seem to be inherited — in many families, body shape and weight seem to get handed down just as easily as hair color or height. But if you’re from a family where steady weight gain seems the norm, that...

The human body is composed of approximately 50 trillion cells, where the chromosomes are found in the cell nuclei. These are made up of a double helix of DNA that carries the genetic code, our architectural plan. This plan consists of approximately 3.2 billion letters per person, of which 1% is...

Nutrigenetics is the theory of how genes interact with certain food ingredients. Each person is unique in their genes and responds differently to certain foods, and this budding industry promises to recognize what foods the body tolerates and which ones it doesn’t on the basis of genes. It...