Lots of chronic health problems that strike in middle age can increase the risk of later-in-life Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. For example, high blood pressure damages blood vessels, which ...

As a result, the evolutionary pressures that once favored the appendix have largely disappeared. Meanwhile, the medical risks of keeping the appendix – most notably appendicitis – remain. Modern ...

Health risks posed by synthetic chemicals in our environment could potentially linger in our germline for generations.

The transplant of older poop actually seemed to boost the health of their ovaries. Consistently, young mice that received poop from old, non-reproductive mice showed improved ovarian function, and ...

A protein best known for its role in Parkinson's disease may help explain why women make up around two-thirds of Alzheimer's ...

For the first time, meteorologists have glimpsed the tiny bursts of ultraviolet light emitted by trees during thunderstorms.

Multivitamins have ignited a fierce scientific debate over whether nutritional supplements are beneficial to our health or a multi-billion-dollar racket.

Japan has approved ground-breaking stem-cell treatments for Parkinson's and severe heart failure, one of the manufacturers ...

For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion, or survival.

A group of natural compounds attracting attention for their anti-aging potential has a dark side. New research shows how a family of chemicals called polyamines speeds up the growth of cancer cells.

Giving birth to more than the average number of children or having no children at all has been linked to a shorter lifespan ...

Physicists in the US say they have created a simulation that, for the first time, demonstrates "ideal glass" is possible, resolving a decades-old paradox.