Rob Waterland, assistant professor of pediatrics at the USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, and a group of his collegues conducted research on obesity and determined that it is “triggered” in the womb during fetal...

Why is it that Maria Mercedes looks so dang exotic? Could it be that Latinos all look …not exactly the same? Could it be that her great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was kind of trigger-happy? In that way. A new study suggests that...

Scientists have discovered that Hispanic women are more likely than patients of other ethnic or racial(ized) groups to have a cancer-causing mutation on a certain gene. Tell us why it sucks to be brown, Dr. Brown: “This is brand-new...

According to a study, Mexican Americans are more likely to become heavy drinkers and have alcohol-related health problems because of a particular haplotype (cluster of genetic stuff), labeled “H6.” Wait, give us a second to adjust this Moonshine IV...

People who want you to buy their food would like you to know that you’re not fat because you eat too much and don’t get enough exercise. You’re fat because that’s how your mom and the Baby Jesus made...