A new study found that sugar consumption disrupts the microbiome and leads to a loss of immune cells in mice. The researchers draw a strong connection between the loss of these immune cells and cardiometabolic diseases, such as diabetes.

Ultra-processed foods significantly increases men's risk of colorectal cancer and can lead to early death for both men and women, especially from heart disease, according to two new studies.

Americans born in 2021 can expect to live for just 76.1 years — the lowest life expectancy has been since 1996, according to a new government analysis published Wednesday. This is the biggest two-year decline — 2.7 years in total — in almost 100 years.

A team of University of British Columbia researchers working on developing oral insulin tablets as a replacement for daily insulin injections have made a game-changing discovery. 

The study, conducted by researchers at National Institutes of Health, found that those who consumed two or more cups of tea a day had between a nine per cent and 13 per cent lower risk of mortality.

To date, seasonal flu vaccines have protected against only specific strains that scientists predict will be the most widespread each year.

When you pop a pill, it begins a long and convoluted journey into your stomach, through the twisting intestines, and then into the bloodstream.

The use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) can have negative health effects and the factors that predispose people toward AAS use are not well understood.

Monkeypox cases in some large U.S. cities appear to be declining, matching trends seen in Europe, and experts are cautiously optimistic the outbreak may have peaked in places hit hardest hit by the virus. The World Health Organization earlier on Thursday said monkeypox cases reported globally declined 21% last week, after a month-long trend of rising infections, but noted that U.S. cases continued to rise.

Staring at a deep red light for three minutes a day can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a new UCL-led study, the first of its kind in humans.

Scientists believe they found a solution to ripping apart so-called “forever chemicals” - human-made chemicals known as PFAS - which are now believed to be pervasive around the world. “Forever chemicals” don’t normally occur in nature and don’t break down in the environment, posing a risk to human health as well as to wildlife.

With a strong HPV vaccination programme for girls and a concerted screening and treatment drive for women, the country could be the first in Africa to eliminate the disease

We’ve all been told our whole lives we need ‘good’ posture: sit up straight, stand straight with shoulders back, and lift by bending the knees. It turns out there’s really no evidence for that advice.

The FDA's finalized regulations will allow hearing aids to be sold without a prescription in U.S. stores as early as mid-October.

Josie Hull and her twin sister Teresa Cajas were not expected to live past their first birthday. In July, the sisters turned 21. "In the eyes of the world they're both deemed challenged, but they've touched so many lives," Josie's mom, Jenny Hull, tells PEOPLE in this week's exclusive story. "This birthday is such a huge milestone to celebrate." Today, the girls' bond is stronger than ever.

A study in one of the cleanest countries in the world could help governments think about future ways to manage air pollution. Abundant data from London’s infamous 1952 smog onwards tells us that breathing high concentrations of air pollution harms our health. This feeds into the 20th-century idea of targets for the quality of our air. However, the new study looked at the health harm from air pollution from another angle.

Study reports a new digital polytherapeutic that delivers white noise could significantly improve symptoms for those with tinnitus.

NEW YORK (AP) — The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.

Corneas made from pig collagen have restored sight for people who were previously legally blind or visually impaired. Two years after the operations, none of the recipients have reported serious complications or adverse side effects.

There isn't currently a Lyme disease vaccine on the U.S. market. Researchers are hoping to change that.