Two new studies explore the anxiety and stress associated with people living in poverty, and how it leads to overeating and obesity.

Research has found that low-intensity exercise helps activate the visual cortex, which may in turn actually help improve your vision.

Scientists explain that inflammaging may be caused by intestinal inflammation and dysbiosis. The goods news is that probiotics may be a solution.

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force the risks of thyroid screening outweigh the benefits in people with no signs or symptoms of the disease.

A new study links the use of two drugs prescribed to treat prostate problems and male pattern baldness to long-term erectile dysfunction.

A new study shows that babies that are allowed to cry themselves to sleep don’t have higher stress levels or other problems down the road.

It may be common knowledge that smoking cigarettes leads to a host of diseases, but did you know that 30% of all cancer deaths are smoking-related?

A protein in umbilical cord blood rejuvenated the hippocampal memory area in brains of older mice in a Stanford University study.

A new chocolate-based cough syrup was so effective at suppressing coughs that some study participants were better in 48 hours.

Smaller brain volume and poorer memory are linked in two recent studies with soda consumption – including of the supposedly healthier “diet” kind.

Excessive TV watching is linked to obesity, poor physical fitness, and depression in kids. A new study says it may also lead to poor bone health later in life.

Chemicals – and even some natural ingredients – in sunscreen can kill coral reefs and sicken other aquatic life. Find out how to find a safe sunscreen.

In a new study, researchers were able to predict with up to 85% accuracy which infants would go on to develop autism based on MRI scans.

A recent study outlines how some of the highest incidences of cancer rest among the most polluted areas in the US. Let’s clean up the world!

A study has uncovered a link between gut bacteria and the onset of Parkinson’s disease, and could lead to a new way of treating one of the world’s most debilitating diseases.

In a recent study, walking up and down stairs at a low-intensity pace did more to make participants temporarily more alert than caffeine did.

Triatomine bugs – kissing bugs – carry a potentially deadline disease called Chagas that goes largely unreported, because it’s usually asymptomatic.