Striking nurses, in London, 19 December 2022.It's "strike season" for health workers in the UK. First, junior doctors staged a five-day walkout. Then, after...

Credit: Flickr.Skin is an awesome and weird organ. As the body’s biggest organ, it does a lot to look after you, protecting you from the outside world of...

Credit: Pixabay.If you're one of the many people who are using or contemplating the use of marijuana to alleviate anxiety, pain, nausea, or sleep issues, yo...

Epilepsy is one of the world's most common neurological diseases. (Credit: Pixabay)The largest-ever genetic study on epilepsy, a neurological disorder affec...

Researchers at the University of Montana are on the brink of human trials for vaccines aimed at curbing fentanyl and heroin drug overdoses. These vaccines could...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons.“I'm sorry, but were you dropped on your head as a baby?" That's a quite common passive-aggressive insult, code for "Are...

A few years back, a news story found that many football players chose to wear jersey numbers between 10 and 19 because they believed lower numbers made them loo...

Moana, Anna, Elsa, Cinderella and the list goes on. Disney princesses have been a significant part of childhood, ever since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs prem...

Credit: Pixabay.The choices you make daily — from the food you eat to the company you keep — have a profound impact on your mental well-being. This...

If I had a nickel for every time a homophobic individual has stated to me “there is no scientific evidence for ...” -- while being blatantly incorre...

Image credits: team voyas.When London faced the bubonic plague in 1665, many people desperately sought a way to protect themselves and their loved ones from get...

Image credits: Tom Brunberg.Unhealthy food tends to be much cheaper than healthier food. At the same time, billions of people are suffering from diabetes and he...

Many of us know the allure of junk food all too well. Junk food typically refers to foods that are high in calories but low in nutritional value. These foods of...

We're used to talking about obesity in adults, but we often neglect to notice that the same epidemic has reached our children. In this context, a new study may be a silver lining. Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that early treatmen...

Aspartame, a commonly used sweetener in zero-sugar products such as diet soda, could have a negative impact on learning and memory, which may be transmitted to...

Image credits: NIAID.In a typical vaccine, the body is taught to recognize a pathogen and fight it. The new "reverse vaccine" does the opposite of that: it rem...

China is currently experiencing the world’s fastest increase in cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, according to the World Health Organization (WH...

The National Rehabilitation Center for disabled persons, etc.reported the research report that the high blood pressure to the brain by moderate exercise of the...

When doctors tell a patient “It’s all in your head,” that’s medical gaslighting. Here’s how to address an issue that disproportionately impacts the health of women, LGBTQ individuals and the elderly...

I’m going blind as I write this. It feels less dramatic than it sounds. The words aren’t disappearing as I type. I’m sitting comfortably in th...

Dogs have extraordinary noses. They can smell explosives and accelerants for arson, and the tiniest traces of narcotics, no matter how well masked or concealed....

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi on her Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the viral origins of AIDS, the emotional toll of her work, and her relationship with doubt....