Ultra-processed foods already have the reputation of being some of the unhealthiest foods around. New research now adds to the mountain of...
A transgender woman has made history by being the first to successfully breastfeed her baby, according to a study. The woman, 30,...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first blood test made to help doctors assess whether or not a brain...
Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting at a fast space, speeding up the already quick rate of sea level increases,...
A human body’s cells continue to function even after the body dies, a study says. An international team of scientists revealed that...
A new class of promising antibiotics found in soil has the capabilities to kill several strains of drug-resistant bacteria, researchers say. Sean...
A man with chronic nerve pain solved his persistent problem by taking a plunge in cold water. The patient was suffering from...
A woman in Oregon may have made history, but not quite in the best way – she may be the first person...
In an incredibly strange case, a woman who has never left the United States went to bed with a headache and woke...
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft broke a record of farthest images captured in space, taking photos from a distance of 3.79 billion miles...
In a big step forward for robotics, researchers have designed a fully functional electronic skin, which they say will allow robots to...
Patients who have schizophrenia can be trained to control a part of their brains linked to “hearing voices” by playing a video...
American baby food-maker Gerber has made international headlines by naming an 18-month-old baby with Down syndrome as its “spokesbaby” for this year,...
Drug manufacturer Purdue Pharma has decided to stop encouraging doctors across the country to write prescriptions for its painkiller, OxyContin, drawing positive...
A man in China had what must have been an incredibly bizarre experience while sitting on the toilet – his rectum suddenly...
Researchers have invented an ultraviolet lamp that can kill the influenza virus, but won’t harm human skin or eyes, a new study...
Facebook is testing a new “downvote” button, denying that this is akin to a “dislike” button – one of the social media...
In a revolutionary first for science and medicine, human eggs have successfully been grown in a laboratory in the United Kingdom. Researchers...
Major psychiatric conditions such as autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia seem to have more in common than previously thought, a new study...
A hospital in Oregon had to end a policy that kept an undocumented woman from receiving a liver transplant due to her...