Medicine

A plant sterol best known for its role in one of the world's most mysterious outbreaks of neurodegenerative disease may...

Mitral valve prolapse, a condition in which the valve between the heart's left atrium and left ventricle bulges backward into...

A carotenoid pigment best known for giving brown seaweed its distinctive olive-gold color is emerging as an unexpected candidate for...

In a finding that could reshape how scientists think about the links between gut bacteria, hormones and heart disease, an...

The simple amino acid glycine, long known mostly as a building block of proteins and a cheap dietary supplement, may...

In a finding that could reshape one of aquaculture's most controversial practices, researchers in Uganda and South Africa have shown...

When COVID-19 overwhelmed hospitals across the world, the fiercest public debates centered on who should get the last intensive care...

Vietnamese migrant parents raising autistic children in Australia experience the lowest subjective wellbeing of any parent group studied, according to...

Medical students staring at flat CT scans may soon have a much better way to learn what kidney tumors actually...

Mental health services in Denmark are testing whether a simple but demanding promise—no patient with co-occurring mental illness and substance...