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Agostino Vargiu, a restaurateur, has another hypothesis. "The food and the air probably help," Vargiu says. "But the point is that there's very little intermarrying with outsiders here. In Orroli we're all practically relatives. It's in the genes." That same logic--and the same propensity for long...
A previous study of elderly twins in Denmark concluded that longevity was mainly due to lifestyle choices and environmental factors, with the influence of genetics accounting for only about 25% of the phenomenon. But Deiana is convinced that genetics play a greater role, and he is determined to find the...
For the first time, people like Raj had concrete evidence of what a hurry-up lifestyle can do to the body. To be sure, hypertension can be caused by a wide variety of other factors --genes, diet, smoking and a lack of exercise. But now another behavioral dimension can be...
No one knows what causes the condition, but Heller believes genes play a role. The disorder may also be triggered by drugs, sexual abuse or anything that shocks the nervous system. She says her own case--and she does claim to be a sufferer--was exacerbated by a fall down...
In the long run, wild-fish stocks may face an even greater threat from captive fish escaping and competing with or consuming native fish, or cross-breeding with them and diluting the genes that have helped them survive. Fish escapes are common: nets are ripped open by predators or storms...