Medical Research

What if we could prevent people from developing obesity? The World Obesity Federation expects more than half the global population to develop overweig...

Stevia may provide more benefits than as a zero-calorie sugar substitute. When fermented with bacteria isolated from banana leaves, stevia extract kil...

New research in Plants, People, Planet indicates that bread wheat's micronutrient content can be increased by cultivating it with a specific type of f...

Promoting pyroptosis -- an inflammatory form of programmed cell death -- has become a promising treatment strategy for cancer. In research published i...

Radiation therapy, once thought of mainly as a local cancer treatment, is now showing power to awaken the immune system in surprising ways. Researcher...

HIV antivirals may be the key to stopping HTLV-1, a deadly virus with no cure. In a decade-long study, researchers successfully suppressed the virus i...

Even if you're cramming your workouts into the weekend, you might be doing your heart a big favor—especially if you have diabetes. A large study of ov...

Even the most powerful AI models, including ChatGPT, can make surprisingly basic errors when navigating ethical medical decisions, a new study reveals...

Scientists at Princeton and the Simons Foundation have identified four biologically distinct subtypes of autism, using data from over 5,000 children a...

A new study reveals that swapping a typical nighttime carbohydrate snack for pistachios may beneficially alter gut bacteria in people with prediabetes...