Your body maintains a biological “set point” for weight, beyond calories, through powerful hormonal and neural feedback loops ...

For years, doctors have relied on familiar vital signs—heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and oxygen levels—to monitor someone's health. But researchers at the University of Missouri believe one ...

What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a precise target, through a ...

The answer came in 2023, thanks in part to the family of a patient who had a complete loss of brain function. After learning ...

Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge and trigger a new outbreak years later. How do they survive? And how can ...

Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered that the gut's rhythmic muscle movements could help explain how blood vessels in the brain expand and contract together.

Scientists have grown a human embryo-like structure in a lab which replicates very early human development - including the production of blood stem cells. The lab-grown embryo model could help ...

By electrically stimulating macrophages, scientists at Trinity College Dublin have found a way to calm inflammation and ...

For many conditions including immune-related ones, genetics often explains only a small fraction of the differences between ...

Chewing raw garlic on an empty stomach each morning can offer powerful health benefits, from boosting immunity and improving ...