A "weekend warrior" exercise schedule can lower diabetics' risk of early death, a new study says.

A quarter-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope—and hype—in the ...

According to recent estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in five children in the United ...

In the first multinational study of a proposed change to how obesity is defined—which calls for health factors beyond a ...

Melbourne scientists are teasing out how the "Hippo pathway" works at the molecular level, improving understanding of how it ...

University of Pennsylvania and Syracuse University scientists have discovered that a hindbrain-derived peptide, octadecaneuropeptide (ODN), can suppress appetite and improve glucose regulation without ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive muscle weakness. A research ...

Knowing how many people are vaccinated against an existing or re-emerging threat is a key factor guiding public health ...

A wound can leave a lasting imprint—even after it has healed. A new study in Current Biology finds that past injuries can ...

A potential target for experimental drugs that block PRMT5—a naturally occurring enzyme some tumors rely more on for survival ...

Grief after the loss of a loved one is a natural response—an inevitable part of living and loving. But in a minority of the ...

Autophagy is essentially the "rubbish collection" of our cells. If there are problems in this process, which is so important ...