Your environment affects how well your medications work

February 3, 2025

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(UPI) – Your environment affects how well your medications work — identifying exactly how could make medicine better. Even the air you breathe may influence how effective a drug may be for you.

Your genes play a major role in determining your height, hair and eye color, and skin tone, but they don’t tell the entire story of who you are. Your environment is incredibly important in shaping your personality, your likes and dislikes, and your health. In fact, your diet, social interactions, exposure to pollution, physical activity and education often exceed the influence of genetics on many of the features that define you. (Read More)