Health

Unhealthy diets cause the part of your brain responsible for appetite to become inflamed, encouraging further eating and obesity.

The system could help with diagnosing and treating patients that cannot communicate.

Researchers are only just beginning to really understand anaesthesia awareness.

Scientists still don’t fully understand how abstaining from animal products affects the body.

“We can’t allow people to get sick,” President Donald Trump said from the Oval Office.

Appraising a ubiquitous feature among modern folk.

Moving the needle forward on psychedelic research.

One Juul representative told high-school students that Juul products were “99% safer than cigarettes,” according to congressional testimony.

Bill Maher called for fat shaming last week. His argument makes sense.

A group of at least 20 kids in Spain gets a rare illness with historical roots.

The large-scale study got it right for 83 percent of participants. Would you take the blood test?

Although they may be healthier in many ways, more ethical, and better for the environment, restrictive diets don’t come without their challenges.

The move comes amid a surge of vaping-related hospitalizations.

Despite acceptance by many insurance companies, a number of studies don’t confirm its effectiveness.

Exercise newbies in their seventies and eighties build muscle at the same rate as master athletes.

Experts are saying it’s a “huge step forward for synthetic biology.”

New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.

What’s next for the nation’s opioid cases?

How many other disease-fighting compounds might we find in the ocean?

Can the duo make plant-based chicken taste “finger lickin’ good”?

An outbreak in the number of measles cases in the UK has resulted in the country losing its World Health Organization dedicated “measles-free” status. The culprits responsible for this decline: […]

Emojis might contain more emotional information than meets the eye.

Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, called for a mass psychedelic act of civil disobedience in protest of drug criminalization.

How do we combat the roots of these hateful forces?

E-cigarettes might possibly be safer than traditional cigarettes, but they come with their own risks.

From computer hacking to biohacking, Dave Asprey has embarked on a quest to reverse the aging process.

You want one. Now you may be able to survive one.

A team of Japanese researchers comes across a remarkably simple trick.

A recent clinical trial shows that two new drugs are far more effective than current treatments.

A new study highlights the effects of a “digital detox” while traveling.