A team led by UCSF’s Richard Wang, surveyed the scientific community’s understanding of e-cigarettes and found that, in the form of mass-marketed consumer products, they do not lead smokers to quit. 

Despite mounting evidence that we eat, drink and breathe microplastics it still isn't clear if they enter our bodies and cause harm, but in 2021 we should get some answers

Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS – known as forever chemicals – are in the blood of virtually every person on the planet.

This gastroenterologist provides some interesting insights.

A family in Bangladesh struggles with an extremely rare genetic condition, "immigration delay disease".

New theories recognize depression as part of a biological survival strategy.

The recovery from the most traumatic global economic catastrophe since the Great Depression will be far from equal.

How the immune system adapts to pregnancy has puzzled researchers for decades. An international team of researchers, including scientists from IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – has now discovered that important changes in the thymus occur in order to prevent miscarriages and gestational diabetes. The results are published in the journal Nature.

The holiday season is particularly difficult for recovering addicts or alcoholics. Stress, financial burdens, family dysfunctions, and loneliness all contribute to relapse. Here are 8 science-backed ways to handle addiction temptation and help your loved ones stay sober during the holidays.

The latest on the innovations that will let us go back to normal.

As China grows richer, the waistlines of adults in the country are also expanding. More than half of Chinese adults are now considered overweight, a study conducted by the country's National Health Commission revealed on Wednesday. Obesity rates among Chinese adults have also more than doubled in less than two decades, from 7.1% in 2002 to 16.4% this year.

BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin said on Monday he was confident a COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by his company would be effective against a variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain.

Microplastic particles have been revealed in the placentas of unborn babies for the first time, which the researchers said was “a matter of great concern”. The health impact of microplastics in the body is as yet unknown. But the scientists said they could carry chemicals that could cause long-term damage or upset the foetus’s developing immune system. The particles are likely to have been consumed or breathed in by the mothers.

How has a new coronavirus variant become the most common form of the virus in parts of England?

Doctors are hoping deep brain stimulation can one day save some of the 128 Americans lost every day in the opioid epidemic.

A young Australian man who was critically ill with COVID-19 and suffering early stages of sepsis made a remarkable recovery after being given massive doses of vitamin C, according to his doctors.

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis have spent some years investigating the links between circadian rhythm and Alzheimer’s, and have recently been making some real inroads.

A Times investigation found that vapors from oil and other fluids seep into planes with alarming frequency across all airlines, at times creating chaos and confusion.

The FDA has approved genetic modifications to a pig whose body doesn't make a component that can trigger allergies in people.

Long Covid "is a phenomenon that is really quite real and quite extensive," Anthony Fauci said earlier this month.