Health and Medicine

Researchers have created a weakened strain of a vaccine that provides just as much protection as pre...

A massive study, involving more than 2 million children across five countries, suggests that genetic...

A Penn State team have created a test that can distinguish between an infected animal and one that h...

Just 10 minutes of petting cats and dogs can result in a dramatic reduction in stress hormone levels...

Was the spread of Lyme disease the result of a military experiment gone wrong? It might sound like a...

5-FU is the main chemotherapy drug against breast and colorectal cancers. We now have an explanation...

While overindulging in social media and television was shown to be linked to significant increases i...

Scientists have restored partial sight to six blind people using a paradigm-shifting implant that wi...

Anorexia nervosa has long been treated as a purely psychiatric illness, however, a new study has cas...

Being born early affects people's personalities as children and adolescents and this affects people'...

Drinking large amounts of sugary drinks every day, whether it's pure fruit juice or soda, is linked ...

Cannabis oil containing 95 percent CBD and five percent THC was found to safely and effectively redu...

Scientists presenting at this year’s conference of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (...

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that oral sex might be a risk factor for rectal chlamydia...

A man died the day before his 22nd birthday after ingesting too much caffeine from a supplement, his...

While some people experience a fun, euphoric high when smoking marijuana, others feel paranoid and a...

Scientists in the UK have treated 15 people with bladder cancer using a strain of the common cold vi...

Quitting alcohol is good for the health of women and may improve their overall quality of life and m...