Genes only partially affect intelligence levels
January 23rd, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 23 (IANS) Genetic factors only partially affect our lifelong intelligence levels, while environmental causes seem to exert the largest influence.In a number of studies since early 2000, researchers ... Read more...
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Women’s heads getting bigger?
April 18th, 2011 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 18 (IANS) An analysis of Spanish skulls spanning about 300 years shows that the difference between the sexes' cranial features shrank over time, a media report said. While ... Read more...
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Being nice or being nasty is in a woman’s genes
February 9th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 9 (ANI): A Scottish research suggests that being nice or being nasty is in your genes - particularly if you're a woman.The study of almost 1,000 pairs of identical and ... Read more...
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Alcoholism delays, breaks marriages: Study
January 19th, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): A new study claims that alcohol influences the time it takes to get married, as well as the overall length of the marriage.The study found that alcohol dependence ... Read more...
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Poverty can suppress kids’ genetic potentials: Study
January 11th, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 11 (ANI): A new research has suggested that poverty may influence how children achieve their genetic potential.Using 750 sets of twins as subjects, psychologists at the University of Texas found ... Read more...
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Children with ADHD have more difficulties on math and reading tests
December 11th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): A new study concluded that children with ADHD can sometimes have more difficulties on math and reading tests compared to their peers.Researchers used identical and fraternal twins to ... Read more...
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ADHD and reading disability have common genetic influences
December 9th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): A new study has revealed how Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and developmental reading disability (RD) in children frequently occur together.If a child is experiencing trouble with reading, ... Read more...
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Sociability ‘may lie in our genes’
November 11th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): How well a person performs in a group may be hereditary, according to a new study by University of Edinburgh researchers.They found that strong genetic influences have a ... Read more...
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Genetic factors tied to gambling disorders in both sexes
June 8th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 8 (ANI): Genetic factors may be associated with development of gambling disorders in men and women, a new study.To investigate potential genetic and environmental risk factors for development of disordered ... Read more...
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Potential genetic factor in eating disorders discovered
June 6th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A possible biological culprit in the development of eating disorders during puberty has been discovered by scientists.The groundbreaking pilot study led by Michigan State University found that influence ... Read more...
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Blame genes for eating disorders
June 5th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 5 (IANS) In a groundbreaking study, scientists have stumbled on a possible biological culprit in the development of eating disorders during puberty: a type of estrogen called estradiol.
The study, led ... Read more...
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Exercise can reduce impact of stress on cell aging
May 27th, 2010 - 11:49 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 27 (ANI): Brief exercise can provide protection against the effects of stress-induced cell aging, according to new research from UCSF.The scientists learned that vigorous physical activity as brief as 42 ... Read more...
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Restless legs syndrome tends to run in families
May 11th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 11 (IANS) Restless legs syndrome tends to run in families, and the siblings of those who are severely affected seem to have a greater risk of developing the disease, says ... Read more...
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Struggling to quit smoking? blame your genes!
April 27th, 2010 - 2:48 am ICT by IANS
London, April 27 (IANS) Smokers who find it hard to cut down or quit may be at the mercy of their genes, say scientists.
Scientists identified three genetic mutations that increase the number ... Read more...
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Environment plays key role in developing reading skills
January 12th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): A new study of twins is the first to show that environment plays a key role in reading growth over time.Stephen Petrill, lead author of the study and ... Read more...
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Researchers identify gene that causes severe anaemia
October 13th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 13 (IANS) Researchers have identified a gene variant linked to a severe form of anaemia which may improve our understanding of iron metabolism, says a new study.
A new variant ... Read more...
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Genes, not absent fathers, influence whether kids have first sex early
September 15th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 15 (ANI): Some children have their first sexual intercourse at an early age not because they were raised without a father at home, but because it is in their genes, ... Read more...
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Genes influence decision making too
May 11th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 11 (IANS) How would you respond if you were told that you had an 80 percent chance of surviving an operation or a 20 percent chance of dying? The answer ... Read more...
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Genetic make-up may influence one’s economic decisions
May 6th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 6 (ANI): It's the genetic make-up of a person that determines how he or she would take economic decisions on the basis of whether the options have been framed negatively ... Read more...
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Genetic link between sleep disorders and depression in young kids found
February 2nd, 2009 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 02 (ANI): British scientists have for the first time found a genetic link between sleep disorders and depression in young children.Researchers at Goldsmiths College in London say that genetics ... Read more...
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Sleep disorder in kids, depression genetically linked
February 2nd, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Genetics could help explain the link between sleep problems in early life and later development of depression, according to a study. Results of the study show that sleep ... Read more...
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Possible genetic causes of borderline personality disorder identified
December 17th, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher and Dutch team of research collaborators found that genetic material on chromosome nine was linked to borderline personality ... Read more...
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Why parents are born and not made
November 4th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): Parents don''t take up children''s duties on their own, it''s the genes that guide them to take up different roles in kids'' upbringing, finds a new study, ... Read more...
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‘Parents are born, not made’
November 4th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 4 (IANS) Genes do influence the role parents play in bringing up their children, according to the latest study. Researchers from Exeter and Edinburgh Universities based their findings on the ... Read more...
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Gene behind male bonding with partners identified
September 4th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): A gene variant for one of the receptors for the hormone vasopressin in voles, is also associated with how human males bond with their partners, according to ... Read more...
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Blame your genes for being a couch potato
July 17th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): Are you a couch potato who hates getting up and working out? Well, as it turns out you may just be able to blame your genes for ... Read more...
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Genes, environs shape gay behaviour
June 29th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 29 (IANS) The world's biggest study on twins has thrown up enough evidence to suggest that a combination of genes and environmental factors shape homosexual behaviour. The study, led by ... Read more...
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Mice study shows child neglect is a product of both nature and nurture
April 9th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have shown that child neglect is a product of both nature and nurture in female mice.In the study, the researchers have ... Read more...
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Study shows genes drive childrens changing fears
April 8th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by admin
Washington , Apr 8 (ANI): A new study has shown that common fears in humans are linked to genetic factors, which keep changing as children and adolescents age.The study found that ... Read more...
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Obese mums babies nine-times more prone to obesity in adulthood
January 4th, 2008 - 1:34 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): A new study has found that pregnant women who are overweight/obese are more likely to give birth to heavier babies.The study also suggested that the risk of these ... Read more...
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