A landmark review in Nature Reviews Genetics dissects the rare and common genetic variants that shape human height. The paper ...

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Researchers used Mendelian randomization to uncover causal links between gut microbiota, blood metabolites, and short stature ...

A more nuanced understanding of hormone therapy now suggests that its benefits for heart health depend on how soon after menopause onset it is prescribed.

A human appetite hormone, bombesin, also controls feeding in starfish, showing it evolved over 500 million years ago. A team ...

Research from Weill Cornell Medicine has identified a molecular pathway linking omega-6 linoleic acid—a common dietary fat in ...

Knight says that the method of transmission that Collinge identified is “extremely unusual,” and there’s no evidence that ...

Starting a new strength training program? Here's how long it could take to see results in the form of muscle growth.

It’s pretty normal for your period to not show at some point, and it can happen for a variety of reasons. “Our periods can be ...

Wage growth has remained strong, the latest official figures show, as the Bank of England decided to hold interest rates. Wages - excluding bonuses - grew 5.9% in the three months to January ...

What's more, according to their analysis of modern human DNA, one of these isolated populations left a stronger legacy in our genes than the other. "The question of where we come from is one that has ...

Fed officials trimmed their expectations for growth and raised expectations for inflation in 2025. Uncertainty around the president's new policies is high, Powell said at a press conference.