human body

Although longer lifespans are widespread, they are not a given.

We know exercise is necessary, but this research takes it to another level.

Some experts may worry that AI will depersonalize health care, but others see its potential to deepen relationships.

A new study looks at astronauts’ brains after they come back home.

Turns out a little obsession is a good thing.

Neuroscience is working to conquer some of the human body’s cruelest conditions: Paralysis, brain disease, and schizophrenia.

If a fetus is a person, would it be a citizen too?

No one should be drinking more than 8oz. a day. Here’s why.

We may be able to detect cancer soon by simply peeing on a stick.

Why I put my body through such grueling tests of endurance.

If you don’t want to know anything about your death, consider this your spoiler warning.

Any exercise is better than none, but no one wants to waste their time in the gym. Learn how to get the most out of your workout here.

Here’s why stars fade out — and so do we.

A new research letter points to another reason for childhood obesity.

Brain scans reveal why insomnia sufferers can’t get sleep.

What can 3D printing do for medicine? The “sky is the limit,” says Northwell Health researcher Dr. Todd Goldstein.

Two new studies say yes. Unfortunately, each claims a different time.

The Bajau people’s nomadic lifestyle has given them remarkable adaptions, enabling them to stay underwater for unbelievable periods of time. Their lifestyle, however, is quickly disappearing.

There are reasons you look the way you do.

Believe it or not, for a few decades, giving people “milk transfusions” was all the rage.

The calorie is the basic unit of measure of food — and it might be off.

“We inject one tumor and we see all of the other tumors just melt away.”

Don’t get too excited, there is a catch to the study.

Wanna lose weight? How does eating only pineapple and lamb chops sound? Maybe receiving all your sustenance through a feeding tube instead?

The diet claims that people with different blood types process their food differently. Does it pass muster?

What gives us color now may give rise to our cyborg future.

The discovery could lead to improved treatments for chronic pain.

One group of women still seem to benefit from the popular diet.

A NASA-led study suggests the stress of spaceflight seems to trigger various types of herpes to reactivate in astronauts.