Having more education and other socioeconomic factors play important roles in determining when people are diagnosed with dementia and their cognitive function over time, according to two new studies ...

Study explores the relative contributions of genetics and environmental factors to aging and premature mortality. It ...

Better school environments may lead to better student outcomes, but it’s not the only variable that has an impact.

Factors such as exercise, socioeconomic status and diet can have more of an impact on how long you live than your genetics.

A study finds that lifestyle and environment influence health more than genetics. Smoking, income, and exercise shape disease ...

Tuberculosis (TB) has long been recognized as a disease of poverty, yet most TB research does not measure poverty in a ...

Scientists are gathering more evidence on which factor has more of an impact on human wellbeing amid the aging process.

Tuberculosis (TB) has long been recognized as a disease of poverty, yet most TB research does not measure poverty in a meaningful way.

The study, which analysed data from nearly half a million UK Biobank participants, examined the influence of 164 ...

The early life exposures, including body weight at 10 years and maternal smoking around birth, were shown to influence ageing ...