WHEN FREDDIE was born in April 2025, he seemed like a healthy baby. But at four weeks old, he was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of eye cancer. He was treated with ...

A growing number of people in Japan are qualifying for medical exams to prevent passing on serious illnesses to their future ...

Continuous exposure to traffic-related air pollution has been found to increase the risk of childhood leukemia. A joint ...

Prostate cancer and testicular cancer get most of the attention, however, most people aren’t aware that bladder cancer is the ...

Autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) is a genetically inherited form of Alzheimer's disease that accounts for only ...

The beneficiary: After four decades in finance as a commercial lender, 60-year-old “Matt” is loving every moment of retirement with his wife at their home in cottage country. It’s now his (almost) ...

The 10-year rule forces most non-spouse heirs to empty inherited 401(k)s within a decade, adding roughly $26,000 yearly in taxable income on an average account. A $1M inherited 401(k) adds $100,000 in ...

Sensing that breast cancer ran in certain families, the geneticist Mary-Claire King and a team of researchers at UC Berkeley ...

Andrea knew her late aunt collected coins, but she never imagined she'd inherit a box full of gold and silver bullion. At 51, Andrea has spent much of her adult life living paycheck to paycheck. She ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change how we prevent disease, age, and define human potential. The same tools ...

Researchers have identified the first evidence of genetic risk factors associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD).