The human body has 206 bones, each one holds a lot of information about who we are. Heather Garvin, a board-certified forensic anthropologist for the state of Iowa, is also a professor at Des Moines ...

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The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we ...

Top scientists have looked at the impact of loneliness on the body - being less lonely could reduce a person's risk of stroke ...

The right therapy can dramatically boost the self-healing capabilities of the human heart after heart failure, a new study ...

Since its discovery in the 1990s, "programmed cell death protein 1," or PD-1, has been regarded as a leading target in cancer treatments.

The US Surgeon General cited four studies to back up his new advisory, warning that alcohol is an under-appreciated cancer ...

Kidney and nerve tissue cells can form memories much like brain cells, one new study has found. Another recent study says ...

Since its discovery in the 1990s, programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) has been regarded as a leading target in cancer ...

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 ...

Largest brain aging study points to possible connections between diet, inflammation, and brain health. Scientists at the ...