Finding the causes of autism is proving far more difficult than finding factors associated with it. A new study of maternal ...

Beating breast cancer is a major victory. But what if the very treatments that saved your life could put your heart at risk years down the road? As more women survive breast cancer and live longer, ...

A new study helps clarify the weight-loss impact of diet drinks and dispel a popular myth about artificial sweeteners. As it ...

Pesticides are designed to kill insects, fungi, and weeds. So, it is reasonable to wonder whether they can harm us as well.

Something strange and potentially frightening is going on at a Russian laboratory in Siberia. One or more scientists have ...

Self-driving cars promise fewer accidents, fewer injuries, and potentially thousands of lives saved. That sounds like good ...

October 16th is National Ether Day, commemorating one of the most important events in the history of medicine. A remarkably ...

From celery juice and carnivore diets to gluten avoidance and "proteinmaxxing," nutritional advice has become a bewildering ...

How many cookies are too many? A new meta-analysis links greater consumption of ultra-processed foods to several chronic ...

From the hidden institutional pressures ruining scientific integrity to the alarming public health signals behind rising ...

Debunking misinformation is a big business. For every health "influencer" selling a supplement on Instagram, there's probably ...

The media recently pushed alarming headlines claiming the EPA gutted clean-air rules by rolling back power plant greenhouse ...