We're still not sure exactly what causes Alzheimer's disease, but we know what its effects look like, and we're getting ...

A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and ...

Around 5–10% of people with COVID infections go on to experience long COVID, with symptoms lasting three months or more.

Every 30 seconds, someone in the world will experience a flare-up of their asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Your brain and spinal cord are suspended in about 125 mL of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that not only protects your precious ...

Around 5.5 million years ago, almost three quarters of the Mediterranean Sea evaporated into the air – and new research helps ...

A new paper provides a stark reminder that the virus responsible for COVID-19 is still spreading, with 9 animals out of 47 ...

For roughly one in every hundred people, food containing even the smallest amounts of gluten can deliver a gutful of hurt.

Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the US were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in ...

Decreases in brain volume are used as an indicator of Alzheimer's disease, yet the latest class of Alzheimer's treatments ...

A species of wolf in Ethiopia has been filmed unexpectedly licking flowers, suggesting the carnivores could perform the role ...

Antibiotics discovered in the soil of a Cameroon volcano half a century ago have finally been reverse-engineered by Japanese ...