New FDA approval language for COVID-19 vaccines is sowing confusion about which conditions put people at greater risk for severe disease and who can avoid the inconvenience and cost of off-label ...

Ashutosh*, 13, began failing in school, stopped speaking to his family, and stayed awake late into the night under a blanket ...

Risk factors are things that raise your chances of getting a disease. For each person, there’s a mix of lifestyle, biological and genetic factors that play a part in melanoma risk. Exposure to ...

Physical exercise is one of the main recommendations for maintaining good health. However, when practiced compulsively and without control, it can become a problem: exercise addiction. An ...

Physical exercise is one of the main recommendations for maintaining good health. However, when practiced compulsively and without control, it can become a problem: exercise addiction. An ...

Thirty-eight researchers from around the world are urging caution over mirror life – a hypothetical form of biology built from mirror-image molecules that could behave unpredictably in natural systems ...

Jennifer Singh does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Isolation is a tendency often observed by specialists in those suffering from and with addictions. The body’s opiate receptors are thought to be affected by social isolation, causing individuals to ...

Background: The mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone plays a key role in blood pressure regulation and the development of cardiovascular disease. However, the biological mechanisms that underly ...