Nature and nurture both determine how likely you are to develop a particular disease. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images Sitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she ...

Experts estimate that genetic mutations account for about 10% of diseases, like Parkinson's, for example. The remaining 90% ...

Dr. Brian Leydet sees a connection between the environment and disease that may be mitigated with conservation measures that include humans in the equation. Leydet is researching that connection on ...

The air in Mexico City was once so toxic that people watched as dead birds fell out of the sky. In 1992, the United Nations declared the city the most polluted in the world, with its unregulated ...

Environmental justice in simple terms is: justice for the home. This goes for all levels of the home; from the cosmos, to the ...

Research into allergic diseases has increasingly revealed the intricate connections between host-microbiome interactions, environmental exposures, and the ...

Researchers have developed a model that more accurately predicts how genetics and air pollution levels causally influence disease development. Every disease is shaped by a genetic component as well as ...

Back in 2002, Philip Landrigan and a team of other researchers at Mount Sinai Medical School estimated the annual cost of four childhood conditions — lead poisoning, cancer, developmental disabilities ...