And once a mammal becomes an obligate ant-eater, it usually doesn’t go back. In fact, almost all lineages that adopted this diet stayed that way. Only one group, the elephant shrew genus Macroscelides ...

Astronomers have made a surprising discovery at the heart of our galaxy—the Milky Way. They’ve found cold clouds of gas floating inside the blazing-hot Fermi bubbles, enormous structures of ...

Older adults and people with health problems like diabetes have a higher chance of developing delirium. A new study by ...

Scientists have been studying MS for decades, but until recently, the exact cause of the disease remained unclear. Now, a major new study from Harvard University provides strong evidence that ...

A study from Massachusetts General Hospital has found that growth hormone may help improve liver health in people with ...

They found that eating red and processed meats or drinking alcohol raised the risk of colorectal cancer. For every 20 grams ...

The treatment is called viable disk allograft supplementation. It involves injecting a special fluid into the damaged disks in the spine. This fluid contains live cells that may help fix the damaged ...

High blood pressure is often treated with one of five main types of medicines: thiazide diuretics, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers, ...

If you’re interested in heart health, you might want to read other studies that suggest apple juice and yogurt may support ...

Other studies have shown that eating healthy foods like whole grains and blueberries and getting enough vitamin D might help ...

After adjusting for age, gender, and other health conditions, the researchers found that frequent laxative users had a 51% higher risk of developing dementia. The risk was even greater for people who ...

A new study from the University of Waterloo found that combining ibuprofen with certain blood pressure drugs can hurt the ...