A new study of German twins suggests that the strong connection between a young adult's cognitive ability and their future ...

The FAMILY consortium, an EU-funded study, aims to understand the intergenerational transmission of mental illness risk ...

While sex can become compulsive and problematic for some people, there is little research on love as a true addiction.

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

Statistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be reverse-engineered to reveal the underlying genetic data, prompting privacy concerns ...

The world’s largest professional psychiatry organization is preparing for the day when biological indicators help diagnose and treat mental illness.

Following the global pandemic of COVID-19, everyone in the world learned to be hyperaware of their health, their hygiene, and taking all of the necessary precautions to avoid getting sick.

In June 2024, Rebecca Bowyer, a 46-year-old nurse from Falmouth and an adoptee, finally received the name of her birth father from her social worker after 25 years of searching.

Sickle cell disease specialists face higher burnout rates than peers, impacting patient care and highlighting the need for systemic support in healthcare.

A massive new analysis of over 200,000 people reveals that the relative lengths of your index and ring fingers are linked to your sexual orientation, pointing to the powerful role of prenatal hormones ...

Participants in a new study who spent more time being sedentary were more likely to experience decline regardless of how much they exercised.

Psychiatric disorders share genetic variants that cluster into five main factors. Understanding shared biology could improve ...