Certain genes and personality traits may explain why some people can hardly function the day after a night of drinking ...

If you ever find yourself drawn to certain foods, say you crave fats or sweets, part of it might be explained by your genes. A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds ...

Chances are you either love beets or hate them, and if you're on the latter side, you really hate them. There doesn't ever seem to be much middle ground. It could be that you hate beets because they ...

People who habitually get into arguments and fights or throw temper tantrums can blame some of it on their genes, a study of twins suggests. Genes may account for 27 percent to 40 percent of a ...

There is now a genetic excuse not to bother cutting carbs. Humans have genetically adapted to eating starchy foods, and our ancestors may have been carb-ivores even before modern Homo sapiens emerged.

Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that reportedly shows whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight-loss plan. We're all hard-wired with DNA ...

WASHINGTON -- Having a strange hair life? Blame your parents. That's right, misbehaving hair may be inherited, according to a study released Monday. Researchers studying mice determined that the aptly ...

Researchers have found that—get this—if you’re unlucky enought to carry a certain gene in your DNA, you’re a lot more likely to have credit card debt. The study prompts the question: Is buying $300 ...

Pulling your hair out in frustration with your finicky youngster? Don't blame your parenting style -- genetics likely played a huge role in their eating habits, a new twins study finds. Fussy eating ...

For most runners, it’s not their genes that are bad, it’s their training plan. Some runners do get injured due to genetics. Osteoporosis and osteopenia can lead to stress fractures, for example.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you -- he cannot help it, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. They found that people with a ...