Spherocytosis, otherwise known as hereditary spherocytosis, is an inherited blood disorder that causes red blood cells to become sphere-shaped (spherocytes) rather than their normal disk shape.

Type 2 diabetes can be inherited, but environmental factors also play a role. Not everyone with a family history of type 2 diabetes will get it, but you’re more likely to develop it if a parent ...

High blood pressure can be hereditary. If your parents have high blood pressure—also called hypertension—you have an increased risk of also developing high blood pressure. Familial hypertension can be ...

Sushant Singh Rajput’s untimely demise on June 14, 2020, left fans grieving. A cherished tribute video showcased his auditions and film journey. The CBI recently concluded a lack of evidence for ...

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare condition that causes fluid to build up throughout your body, triggering sudden and repeated serious swelling. This is the most common type and happens ...

the erroneous account of my hormone theory of heredity given by Prof. T. H. Morgan in his memoir on Secondary Sexual Characters, Carnegie Institution, No. 285, 1919. At that date Prof. Morgan ...

The degenerative brain disease has no cure, and it’s only natural to ask yourself: Is Alzheimer’s hereditary? Meet the experts: James Noble, M.D., an associate professor of neurology at ...

All cancers begin when DNA mutations, or changes, cause cells to divide and grow out of control. But this is different from hereditary cancer. Hereditary or familial cancer means that a risk for the ...

This post contains spoilers for the ending of Hereditary. At face value, Hereditary works as an elegant genre film about the occult. But on a subtextual level, even the most supernatural scenes in ...