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A review of recent speculations that link vaccines and the rise of allergies and autoimmune diseases in the US.
The $2 testing device, about the size of a soda can, does not require electricity or technical expertise to use.
The black shroud above the Rio Olympics looms bigger and darker.
Developing countries stand to lose $177 billion each year or about half a percentage point of GDP due to delays in the physical development of children.
Keep that delicious pasta coming!
The findings might explain the power of the placebo effect.
A team of researchers is revolutionising dental practice.
All you need is a brush and a rubber hand.
Chemists at the Ohio State University developed a paper strip technology that might save countless lives in rural Africa, and elsewhere where patients have poor access to medical services.
Food grown on Mars has been officially declared edible.
There is no link between autism and vaccinations. Yet the science has not persuaded anti-vaxxers.
Imagine what it would be like if cancer was contagious. Well, it is in some species.
Scientists found a strange correlation between hot women and condom usage
Even days after we die, gene expression is still active.
A controversial study that's sure to anger a lot of doctors found many physicians can be influenced to prescribe brand-name medication following free meals offered by the pharmaceutical companies.
Scientists estimate that 43% of Brits now experience chronic pain or around 28 million people.
This could be a game changer for women.
Do your learning, take a break, and then work out.
A color with the appropriately dull name of Pantone 448C has been identified by researchers as the ugliest color in existence.
What would you if you had the power of invisibility? It's possible in virtual reality. The sensations are as real as they get, though.
As if finding happiness wasn't complicated enough, we now have a multi-variable equation.
Aptly called the "Silent Partner", this device exploits the fundamental physics of pressure sound waves to render snoring mute.
It's good news for us, but perhaps not good news for the rodents.
After only three nights of sleeping five hours or less, caffeine stops working.
The system is abusing all of us.
All your girlfriends are belong to me.
Just from thoughts alone, researchers were able to reconstruct the faces of people portrayed in pictures.
The fact that people still debate the effectiveness of vaccines is ridiculous.
We're still uncovering the secrets of the building blocks of life.
Things are looking bad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
They're using the people we like to sell us things that aren't good for us.
One single bacterial strain is responsible for the death of millions.
Dialysis on the go may soon become reality.
A 25-year-old from the US has been living without a heart for more than a year.
Wearable tech could save the hearing of thousands of soldiers.
Microsoft researchers data mined health queries and detected pancreatic cancer symptoms before the user even thought about it.
With a potential ZIka pandemic luring over the Americas, one Long Island town is stepping up to bat.
Parents should know this if they want to make an informed decision.
It's just the early stages, but there's a glimmer of hope.
Those who work odd hours in shifts risk heart complications.
There's just not enough fiber in our diets.
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden and the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona have identified four sequences of genetic code that can reprogram mice skin cells to produce red blood cells. If this method can be used on human tissues, it would provide a reliable source of blood for transfusions and people with anemia.
People suffering from BED deserve a long-term solution and not something that will just mask the disorder’s symptoms.
Scientists want to build and deploy a fully synthetic human genome in human cell lines within 10 years.
Yes, it's actually happening.
A longitudinal study which tracked 1,037 New Zealanders from birth to middle age found marijuana use did not cause physical problems, with one notable exception: periodontal health.
The United States, a nation who's used to reporting lower mortality ever year, had a larger death rate in 2015 compared to the previous year. This was the first time in ten years and the third time in 25 years.
A massive breakthrough in the fight against the Zika virus was made by Emory University School of Medicine who recently report a possible mechanism for the viruses' migration from mother to baby.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has rejected a call from 150 health experts to consider postponing or moving the Rio Summer Olympics due to the Zika virus.
Dandruff is the most common scalp condition, yet we know surprisingly little about it.
