A fragile transition begins the moment an extremely low birth weight infant leaves the womb. After months of receiving a...

Hearing impairment is often associated with aging, prolonged noise exposure, or inherited vulnerability. Yet a large prospective study suggests that...

Endometriosis may be linked to a substantially higher risk of type 2 diabetes, according to the largest study yet to...

A short-term decision to eat fewer or no animal products may begin reshaping the human body at the molecular level...

The first spoonful of solid food marks more than a milestone in an infant’s daily routine. It also begins a...

Synthetic food dyes are becoming the focus of a widening regulatory and public-health debate, according to a new Viewpoint in...

A familiar squeeze of tomato ketchup could soon deliver more than sweetness, acidity and a bright red finish. Researchers have...

RIKEN researchers in Japan have uncovered an unexpected way that fruit-fly gut cells respond to nutrition: they appear to sense...

A vegan diet may change not only what people eat, but also how much energy is packed into every bite,...

A bile acid long associated with liver damage may have a much narrower—and potentially useful—side to its biological identity. In...