A study underscores the value of physical activity. Researchers found patients who responded in a survey that they are physically active have a statistically significant lower risk of having 19 ...

Since its discovery in the 1990s, “programmed cell death protein 1,” or PD-1, has been regarded as a leading target in cancer treatments. A “checkpoint” receptor that often resides on the surface of ...

A new study from Cambridge University scientists and others suggests that socializing with friends and family may help ...

I f your goal is to be happier in the year ahead, you might focus on your body rather than your mind. You can start right now ...

New work by Columbia researchers has turned a textbook principle of genetics on its head and revealed why some people who ...

Ebola is generally known to spread through contact with bodily fluids from individuals who have the infection.

Gut-Brain Connection. People who have CD83+ microglia in their brains also have HCMV (top left) and IgG4 (top right) in their ...

Scientists in China have discovered an elixir in human body that may slow ageing by mimicking the effects of calorie ...

The fate of a Canadian teenager who was infected with H5N1 bird flu in early November, and subsequently admitted to an intensive care unit, has finally been revealed: She has fully recovered. But ...

Expected readouts in diabetes, cancer and depression headline a series of study results that could help the biotechnology ...

The health risks of microplastics are becoming more clear as scientists develop a pollution sponge made from squid ...

Ebola is a deadly hemorrhagic disease caused by a virus that is endemic in parts of East-Central and West Africa. Most people are aware that a primary route for person-to-person transmission is ...