Health

A new study from the active volcano Kīlauea, which is on the big island of Hawaii, reports that people —...

Statins protect against cardiovascular disease in more ways than previously thought. In a study, researchers from Karolinska Institutet are able...

Researchers at the Faculty of Science at Lund University in Sweden can now explain how the properties of the skin...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in prairie soils that had little or no exposure to...

Dental surface restorations composed of dental amalgam, a mixture of mercury, silver, tin and other metals, significantly contribute to prolonged...

A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels...

ETH researchers have discovered a molecule in liver cells that controls the release of fat into the bloodstream. This “lock...

Researchers at King’s College London have found a new link between the diversity of bacteria in human poo — known...

Researchers from Bournemouth University have been exploring the reasons why many older people aren’t eating as much protein as they...

A Michigan State University urologist has discovered that riding a roller coaster helps patients pass kidney stones with nearly a...

A new biomarker has identified known and unknown exposure to second-hand smoke and confirmed a strong association to increased mortality...

Scientists are making the case that a vaccine against rhinoviruses, the predominant cause of the common cold, is achievable. The...

Researchers have built a three-dimensional map of the anthrax toxin that may explain how it efficiently transfers its lethal components...

Too much dietary zinc increases susceptibility to infection by Clostridium difficile — “C. diff” — the most common cause of...