Health

Imagine neural stem cells stepping back onto the stage after decades in the wings. Small, unexpected changes can have ou...

You probably don’t notice it when you pick up a “sugar-free” protein bar or reach for a low‑calorie soda. It tastes fami...

A pill that can find and quiet a cancer’s genetic engine — it sounds like a line from a medical drama, but researchers a...

Pancreatic cancer doesn’t wait. It gathers allies in the tissue long before a detectable tumor appears, and one of its e...

Imagine waking up dozens of times a night because your airway collapses. Imagine doing that for years. For many people w...

They’ve found a shortcut. Instead of tending rows of Withania somnifera, researchers have taught common baker's yeast to...

You can carry a normal weight and still be hiding a risk. Is body mass index telling the full story about cognitive heal...

A daily pill might sound small. The effect could be meaningful. A wide review of randomized trials suggests omega-3 fatt...

Swap the same-old run for a bike ride. Or climb stairs instead of taking the elevator. Small changes. Big implications.A...

Imagine stepping into winter and feeling your skin flare as if it were being stung. Pain. Itchy red plaques. Swelling th...

Imagine a waiting room where blood type no longer decides who gets a kidney. Fast. That’s the promise behind a recent la...

Imagine a tiny cluster of living cells, tucked beneath the skin, that wakes up when your blood sugar rises and quietly p...

Open a window for five minutes. That tiny act can change the chemistry of your living room, the comfort of your lungs, a...

Girls who reach their teens without an autism diagnosis are not necessarily unaffected — they are often simply unseen. T...

Imagine that one-third of a crisis could be stopped before it starts. That is the blunt finding from a sweeping World He...

A familiar respiratory microbe has been found hiding where you least expect it: at the back of the eye. Researchers repo...

Most of us assume the physical slide into frailty waits until our sixties. The data, however, tell a different, sharper ...

Constipation can feel like a small emergency: uncomfortable, inconvenient and oddly persistent. Reach into the medicine ...

Grandparents who roll up their sleeves to feed, play with, or tutor a grandchild may be doing more than supporting famil...

One arm may be visibly broken, but the other is often quietly tired. Many stroke survivors live by that uneasy tradeoff:...