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A new genetic study looking at smoking and drinking has confirmed much of what we already know about their impact on your health, but the study also found genetic associations...

You probably know that smoking and excessive drinking are bad for you. But did you know that your genetics also factor into how much those vices can impact your health?...

SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may...

A new discovery could someday help identify smokers at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. More than 12 million...

For many common diseases, environment is far more important than genetics in determining whether a person will be affected. One of the best examples of this is lung cancer. Nearly...

When the toxins in cigarette smoke are inhaled, lung cells don’t just sit there and take it. A complex network of proteins is activated with every puff. The proteins break...

SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may...

Researchers are beginning to realize that asthma that strikes early in life may be a distinct disease, identifying genetic variants associated with childhood asthma.

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States – every year it kills nearly 440,000 Americans. While about 70 percent of the 45 million Americans...

Despite the success of genome-wide association studies, many experts rightly point out the need to remember that most common diseases have a significant environmental component.For example, cigarette smoking increases one’s...