“Do I think Apple and Google and Amazon can do a better job? A thousandfold.”

These patients are not aware of the true risks, and surgeons aren’t telling them, new research suggests.

A new study from NUS Sociology has found that consistent and frequent tea-drinking was associated with significantly less depressive symptoms for males in China between 65-79 years old.

Your gastrointestinal system contains about a hundred trillion bacteria. That may sound scary, but it's actually beneficial because these bacteria help with digestion, immunity and other important functions.

In the 1970s, the U.S. Dietary Goals advised Americans to cut back on fat and eat more carbs to lower the risk of heart disease. But some experts say this high-carb, low-fat diet helped fuel obesity.

A team from The Australian National University (ANU) has developed a jelly-like material that has many of the properties of living tissue. A form of a hydrogel, the jelly is not only self-healing but is very strong and can change its shape – allowing it to mimic skin, ligaments, and bone.

Predicting a wave of psychedelic legalization over the coming decade, Oregon-based start-up Silo Wellness has reportedly developed a magic mushroom nasal spray focused on delivering exact, controlled psychedelic microdoses via an easy inhaler. New Atlas contacted Silo Wellness founder and CEO Mike…

A new analysis finds that reducing air pollution has near-immediate health benefits.

A new study finds time-restricted eating helped overweight people who were at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes to lose about 3% of their body weight, reduce belly fat and feel more energetic.

This “proteomic clock,” as the researchers call it, relies on measurements of levels of the proteins, which rise and fall over the years.

A Kansas-based company launched a clinical trial in Colombia to reverse aging. But will it work?

Ideas from economics might help us decide the most ethical way of using gene editing technology for human enhancement in the future.

In a blog post, Google researchers detailed a machine learning model capable of classifying X-ray images with 'radiologist-level' accuracy.

Dramatic breakthroughs have been made against some of the most common and deadly diseases and ailments out there.

Labelling food and drinks with how much walking or running is needed to burn them off could help tackle the obesity crisis, researchers say. While all packaged food must display certain nutritional information, such as calorie content, there is limited evidence that the approach changes what people buy or eat. Meanwhile, waistlines continue to expand.

The US is the only wealthy country in the world where the life expectancy needle is moving the wrong way.

About 1 in 3 American adults have metabolic syndrome, a group of early warning signs for increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. To help avoid such health problems, these folks are often advised to pay close attention to the amount and type of foods they eat. And now it seems there may be something else to watch: how food intake is spaced over a 24-hour period.

The FDA is helping to speed up the process of developing and approving a drug based on psilocybin, a hallucinogenic substance in magic mushrooms, to treat depression.

Spray-on surface could prevent bacteria building up and reduce household water use

Toshiba has invented a machine that can detect 13 types of cancer using just a single drop of blood in record time: in just two hours, people will have a full diagnosis for the ridiculous price of $180 or under with more than 99% accuracy.