England’s King George III descended into mental chaos, or what at the time was called madness, in 1789. Physicians could not say whether he would recover or if a replacement should assume the throne.

It is a common belief that mental illness runs in families. While it is true that heredity plays a role, in reality, the vast majority of cases—such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and ...

Aims Inheritance is recognised to have a part in the aetiology of strabismus but previous studies have not adequately distinguished between different types of strabismus leading to wide variations in ...

Humans have a positive view of nature. But is this due to an approach we have learned while growing up, or is it something we are born with? The answer is 'Both', according to researchers. Humans have ...

Only some of the physical and mental health problems previously associated with preterm birth are actually caused by it, a new study contends. Researchers analyzed the medical records of 3.3 million ...

Plain old bad luck plays a major role in determining who gets cancer and who does not, according to researchers who found that two-thirds of cancer incidence of various types can be blamed on random ...

The study is the first to combine multigenerational family relationships with data on mental illness. It offers a unique insight into how these conditions occur both within families and across the ...