Life

Inspired by the way that squids use jets to propel themselves through the ocean and shoot ink...

Getty ImagesAn ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report.The received wisdom said we were built from around 200 types of cell – such as...

It can often feel like health insurance was designed to be difficult to understand (though hopefully this explainer can help). Fortunately, new labeling...

There’s been a lot of dog walking and a little bit of running and cycling too.In June, around the anniversary of my bike crash, I returned to the route I was on when I took a tumble.I called at...

Nationwide rates of emergency room visits for babies with Mycoplasma pneumoniae are on track to surpass rates for school-age children, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, as doctors nationwide are grappling with a surge...

A senior coroner has warned that more babies could die unless "action is taken", following the deaths of three infants who had received contaminated feed while being cared for in hospital.Three-month-old Aviva Otte died in January 2014 after being...

Smart devices, on their own, are nifty, but one-note. You can turn things on or off, adjust volume or brightness, or tell your...

From early development to old age, cell death is a part of life. Without enough of a...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s concerns about the health effects of fluoride may already be helping some Americans — investors in dental services companies. Shares in Dentsply Sirona, Envista, Henry Schein Patterson Companies, and other providers of dental products are jumping,...

People with obesity who lose weight often put it back on, which may partly be driven by lasting changes...