Heredity Is Not Destiny: Do Health and Weight Problems Run in Your Family? It May Be Habits, Not Ge I grew up as an unathletic kid. My mother was unathletic, so she just assumed I was too. You see, our family has weak ankles and no coordination. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized that all this was a lie. I wasn't unathletic - I just hated team sports. I discovered I actually had a flair for dance, which takes quite a bit of athleticism and coordination. Weak ankles? Of course they're weak if you don't do anything to build up their strength. A lot of the physical deficiencies that I thought I'd inherited were really born out of laziness and blind acceptance - those were the real d ... Author: Janiss Garza CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Additional Navigation: Genetics: 1 2 3 4 5 Engineering Diseases Genetic Testing DNA Testing 1 Genomes Gene Therapy 1 RNA 1 Chromosomes Cloning 1 2 3 Misc Stem Cells 1 2

Today's Featured Articles: Robotic Future of Hospitals; Pandemic Prevention and Bio-Terrorist Attack There is a huge concern in the medical industry that if a biological weapon were released that those sick might come to the hospitals in such large numbers that before you realized an attack had occurred everyone in every nearby hospital would also be infected. Then of course the hospital itself would be rendered useless and all those already in the hospital no matter what the reason would literally condemned. The biggest issue with this is that those places we have available to help our populations stay well would be immediately and totally useless. For some background on the World Think T ... Author: Lance Winslow CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Twins - Double The Trouble Or Double The Pleasure? Both! If You're Having Twins..is it double the headache, or double the joy? Probably both! What Causes Twins? The number of twins is on the increase, probably because of IVF treatment where more than one fertilised egg is placed in the womb. Of the non-IVF twins, there are two causes: Two eggs are released during ovulation and both are fertilised by separate sperm - it is possible twins can be fathered by two different Dads! In this case the twins are not identical (even if they have the same Dad!). Non-identical twins are also known as fraternal, they s ... Author: Tony Luck CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Want to read more of our articles?  Check out the Archive. Article Archive: Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13