Not only can the drug metformin help to effectively manage type 2 diabetes, but it may also give older women a better chance ...

Four hours after eating steak during a family camping trip, a 47-year-old man from New Jersey became severely ill.

The early stages of Alzheimer's disease often involve an insidious decline in short-term memory, along with mounting ...

The eyes are a window to the brain – and this outward extension of the central nervous system may reveal early signs of ...

A hidden physical change in the body may be helping to drive the prolonged malaise some people experience after contracting ...

Sea urchins may just look like a ball of spikes waiting to be stepped on at the tide pool, but there's much more to these ...

Colds don't respond to antibiotics, and most over-the-counter medications deliver modest results at best. In recent years, ...

The increasing number of injectable cosmetic treatments and fillers carried out around the world is driven by a seemingly ...

Nestled on a hillside in Guangdong Province near Zhaoqing City, the Jinlin crater managed to hide in plain sight until researchers identified it as an impact structure.

There's fresh hope for early detection and new treatments of glaucoma, a group of eye diseases that have devastating effects ...

A time crystal that beats to the rhythm of both order and chaos has revealed a new way in which matter can keep time.

For decades, scientists have targeted the sticky protein clumps that amass in Alzheimer's brains as a potential way of ...