Some highly effective medications also happen to be highly mysterious. Such is the case with the antidepressant drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs: They are the most common...

Whole grain labels on cereal, bread, and crackers are confusing to consumers and could cause them to make fewer healthy choices, according to the results of a study that tested whether people are able...

Rate of very premature births falls by as much as 90% during coronavirus lockdowns in some countries – as baffled scientists suggest reduced stress and declining air pollution could be the cause Doctors...

Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the...

A team of researchers from Shenzhen University, Wayne State University and Peking University, has found via experimentation that young males given a dose of testosterone are more generous when they are...

Experimental coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer triggered levels of antibodies up to THREE TIMES greater than those seen in recovered patients, early data shows Researchers randomly gave 45 healthy volunteers either...

Lockdown could be bad for you back. Thanks to measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are now working from home. This means you might not be moving around as much, and your home desk setup...

Humans rely dominantly on their eyesight. Losing vision means inability to read, recognize faces or find objects. Macular degeneration is one of the major causes of visual impairment around the globe;...

The first signs of insufficient sleep are universally familiar. There’s tiredness and fatigue, difficulty concentrating, perhaps irritability or even tired giggles. Far fewer people have experienced...

Nutrition and exercise scientists at Nottingham Trent University, who carried out the work, argue that doing this makes the diet about half as effective as it should be for producing a calorie deficit. The...