For many diseases and chronic conditions, an individual's genes play a role in their likelihood of developing the disease. While some inherited diseases, such as cystic fibrosis or sickle cell anemia, ...

Researchers at City of Hope, a cancer research and treatment organization, and the University of California, Berkeley, have ...

A Stanford-led study published in Nature on Feb. 26 found that age-related changes witnessed in diseases like Alzheimer’s may be related to a relatively untapped area of research in the brain. The ...

Smartwatches are among the wearable devices that gather health data. Translating that data into useful information can be complicated and expensive. (iStock) The human body constantly generates a ...