
Is Salt Bad For You? Scientists Are Too Polarized To Figure It Out
In the debate over salt's health effects, scientists have effectively split into two camps and are talking past each other, according to a new study.
In the debate over salt's health effects, scientists have effectively split into two camps and are talking past each other, according to a new study.
A Bloomberg report found that some grated cheeses have higher-than-expected levels of wood pulp.
Studies using patients' immune cells to fight cancer are making over half of patients symptom-free.
A review of studies comparing organic and conventional milk and meat found a lot of similarities but differences in omega-3 and iodine content.
Study participants used meditation, sleep, brain games and a Mediterranean diet to grow the area of the brain associated with learning.
A recent study from Yale University suggests the much-talked-about monarch suffered from brain damage linked to playing sports.
The emergency proclamation is expected to expedite the state's response to the Zika virus and allow access to disaster funds.
A new study argues people who believe in a punitive higher-power are more cooperative with distant strangers who share the same beliefs.
This creative prosthetic system will let children build their own prosthetic arms out of Lego bricks.
What if instead of fighting racial bias as adults, we worked to prevent it from ever happening in the first place, with kids?
We asked oceanographer and drug discovery researcher William Fenical why the ocean may be the best chance for new lifesaving drugs.
More than 3,400 kids reportedly swallowed batteries in 2010, according to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dementia rates were predicted to triple by 2050, but here's why in the future it might actually be easier to curb the condition.
A new amendment in Australia would legalize medical marijuana there, though each state could decide whether or not to comply.
With so many working to fix racial bias in adults, we spoke with a neuroscience researcher who says we may need to focus our attention on kids.
What are the ethical and social consequences of radically increasing lifespans? Should we accept a natural end, or should we find a cure to aging?
This debate short is part of a series co-produced by Intelligence Squared U.S. and Newsy.
A U.K. supermarket chain is offering the discounted boxes of vegetables that might look a little odd on the outside but are still good to eat.
The money would go to mosquito control programs, research for a vaccine, health services for low-income pregnant women and more.
Your brain can unscramble this message in milliseconds.
About 20 percent of workers in this profession are more likely to reach for the bottle than the average American.
There have been at least 266 overdose deaths involving fentanyl abuse in the state.
More people are saying they prefer sleeping alone than with their partner, but that doesn't always mean the relationship is in trouble.
Some states along the Gulf Coast are reporting increasing numbers of cases of the Zika virus.
More and more bacteria are becoming drug resistant, but few new antibiotics are being developed. What can be done to encourage new research?
People aren't pleased with the latest recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerning women and drinking.
On Tuesday, health officials confirmed being bitten by a mosquito isn't the only way to contract the Zika virus.
Deodorant keeps us smelling fresh, but it could also be messing with the natural microbes on our skin.
Some students have a problem, but it's not because the school is collecting their personal information.
President Obama is rolling out his plan of action on Joe Biden's cancer "moonshot." Obama proposed a $755 million funding boost for research.