Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that ...

Research on the long-term impacts of short-form video consumption is still lacking, but recent studies show concerning ...

Sweat carries a rich mix of biomarkers that advanced wearables can now track in real time. New AI-powered patches analyze ...

Recent research led by the University of Alberta in Canada challenges the belief that BSE in cattle is caused only by ...

Recent research led by the University of Alberta challenges the belief that mad cow disease is caused only by misfolded ...

What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people. While most ...

Rather than being genetic or acquired, Johnston's CJD developed when normal prions in her brain spontaneously began ...

There has been a lot said about bird flu. For a time, many experts believed that we were on the verge of a full-blown pandemic due to the virus, primarily because of a lack of preventive measures.

Putting people into sleep mode is a sci-fi concept that's a lot closer to becoming real than you might think. Erin Belback is part of an ongoing human trial backed by NASA that aims to replicate the ...

Will a human ever celebrate a 150th birthday? You bet, says Stephen Austad, a biology of ageing researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Austad is so sure that life expectancy is poised ...