Genetics

How to Green Your Genes

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green


Christopher Gavigan

Studies suggest that what we eat, how we live, and what our environment exposes us to today could have an impact on the health of our distant descendants.

Google Co-Founder Brin Discloses That He Is Vulnerable To Parkinson's

NY Times | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Sergey Brin, a Google co-founder, said Thursday that he has a gene mutation that increases his likelihood of contracting Park...

Is There A Laziness Gene?

Time | Deirdre Van Dyk | Posted 08.07.2008 | Living


Have you ever wondered why you can't get off the couch and exercise -- despite paying for an expensive gym membership, despite your New Year's resolut...

Genes at the Crossroads

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.27.2008 | Living


Deepak Chopra

Human behavior isn't complex the way a game of chess is, or the way the wiring is in a computer, for example. Human traits cannot be ascribed to one gene or even a large group.

Healthy Lifestyle's Impact on Your Genes

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living


Alison Rose Levy

When a Western doctor sticks a tongue depressor down your throat and tells you to say; "Ahhh," he's using one of the five senses to observe throat red...

Voting: It's In Your Genes

HealthDay | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


Heading to the polls on Nov. 4? If so, your genes may be driving you there, a new study suggests. In fact, as much as 50 percent of whether you vote ...

Insomnia Gets Another Nod: 5 Ways To Fight It

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living


Dr. Michael J. Breus

Are you an insomniac? If so, then which kind? The one who flat-out can't ever get to sleep? Or are you the type who falls asleep okay but then has a r...

Searching Your Family Tree For Famous Roots

New York Times | MICHELLE SLATALLA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


I WOULD like to apologize to any neighbors who walked by my house recently and happened to see me scraping the roof of my husband's mouth with a cotto...