Walking around wearing earbuds is all fun until a train comes by and flattens an unsuspecting iPod user, which is happening more than ever.
After seeing patients with AIDS as an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Robert Ball Jr. went from conservative to white southern progressive.
Backed by the NIH, a recent decision by the Institute of Medicine on controversial hepatitis C research could change practices in the lab.
La Nina episodes, which bring cool water to the surface of the Pacific and make for warmer, dryer winters, are linked to global pandemics.
An aggressive campaign of subway posters in both English and Spanish reminds passersby to pay more attention to how much they're eating.
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
Studies have already shown the benefits of marijuana for those suffering from PTSD, but can our government agencies be convinced?
Instead of making good on its 1977 promise to limit the use of drugs as growth promoters in animals, the FDA is going in the other direction.
The United States is losing about a third of its honeybee population a year, and Purdue researchers believe that's due to insecticides.
We're cutting traditional after-school activities to make time for academic ones, but the role of play in development shouldn't be forgotten.
"For anthropology, the unpublished records of the past are of more than historical interest.... They constitute primary data of all research."
The Food Network star known for her mac and cheese and deep-fried Twinkies has taken the job as a paid spokeswoman for diabetes drugs.
Eliminating 7,000 jobs to save about $150 million every year could be enough to head off further budget cuts sometime down the line.
People from different cultures tend to walk in a similar way when alone, but their behavior changes dramatically in the presence of others.
In a way, your body wants you to consume alcohol because it "induces reward in the human brain," according to one UCSF scientist.
The Guardian ran a digestible and somewhat critical look at the first 50 years in the history of the chest-centric cosmetic surgery. One curious realization: A dog received the first implant.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention has proposed radical changes to the way we identify, prevent, and treat this toxic substance in our kids.
A new survey reveals the surprising frequency, nature, and source of abuse that emergency medical workers are facing when on the job.
Women have a hard time recognizing weight gain, which is surprising given our obsessions with image and diet and exercise and obesity.
Both Able Planet Incorporated and Starkey Laboratories are working on hearing devices that are nearly invisible to the naked eye.