Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the U.S., with more than 100,000 cases diagnosed each year. But some people ...

The number of meningitis cases being probed by UK authorities has risen to 27, health officials said Thursday, following an ...

Researchers at UC Davis School of Medicine have uncovered how an imbalanced gut microbiome escalates the production of ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not ...

Intestinal worms can help reduce inflammation in the human body—but only if they have enough dietary fiber. Without it, they ...

Why don't some people practice what they preach? Researchers reveal that a brain region called the ventromedial prefrontal ...

Is it possible to draw conclusions about an adult's physical condition on the basis of their age? The answer is: "It depends.

Older people with a genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease did not experience the expected increase in cognitive decline and ...

Ballet is an art of illusion: dancers seem to float across the stage and, in their leaps, appear to defy gravity for a moment ...

A new immunotherapy drug has demonstrated early promise in a recent prostate cancer clinical trial. The drug, called VIR-5500, is a "masked T-cell engager." This type of immunotherapy ignites our own ...

A clotbusting drug commonly used to treat ischemic stroke interacts negatively with a promising anti-inflammatory treatment (anakinra), underscoring the need to test new stroke therapies alongside ...