genetics, Environmental factors

Environmental factors, lifestyle choices have greater impact on health than genes, study finds
Scientists are gathering more evidence on which factor has more of an impact on human wellbeing amid the aging process.
CDPHE map helps communities understand environmental factors' impact on health
CDPHE launched an updated map that overlays geography, health conditions and starts to gauge what parts of Colorado are most affected by pollution and environmental factors.
Lifestyle beats genetics on path to premature death, study finds
A range of external factors, including exercise and smoking, was almost 10 times more likely than genetic risk factors to explain premature mortality, scientists from the University of Oxford and Massachusetts General Hospital said in the Nature Medicine journal.
Lifestyle and environmental factors affect health and aging more than our genes
A new study led by researchers from Oxford Population Health has shown that a range of environmental factors, including lifestyle (smoking and physical activity), and living conditions, have a greater impact on health and premature death than our genes.
Study finds lifestyle, environment have greater impact on lifespan than genetics
Factors such as exercise, socioeconomic status and diet can have more of an impact on how long you live than your genetics.
Beyond genetics: The biggest factors that influence health and aging
A study finds that lifestyle and environment influence health more than genetics. Smoking, income, and exercise shape disease risk.
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New research shows how environmental conditions shape product desire
In the second study, the researchers shifted their focus to men, exploring how environmental conditions influenced their desire for products that signal toughness or wealth. A total of 147 male ...
EurekAlert!12d
How Earth's early cycles shaped the chemistry of life
A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the prebiotic processes that may have led to life. By exposing organic molecules to ...
Nature11y
Environmental Context Influences the Outcomes of Predator-prey Interactions and Degree of Top-down Control
The organism best able to sense the other likely prevails in a given predator-prey encounter, but sensory ability varies as environmental conditions change. This article explores how the outcomes ...
The New York Times18d
E.P.A. Workers Who Assist Heavily Polluted Communities Are Put on Leave
He called the environmental conditions he had witnessed in many parts of the nation “unacceptable in the United States of America.” Mr. Regan enlarged the size, scope and legal authority of ...
EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
A majority of employees who work in the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been put on paid leave effective immediately. They all work on environmental justice issues ...
Nature3y
Environmental Constraints to the Geographic Expansion of Plant and Animal Species
Species survive within a range of values for any selected environmental variable, such as salinity or temperature. The multidimensional space encompassing suitable conditions for all factors is ...