You hear about fasting from all corners: health magazines trumpet it, online articles echo fasting’s benefits for this and that. Celebrities proclaim fasting their diet-du-jour, tech entrepreneurs tweet about 16:8 and 5:2.

Around two in every 100 people have sex characteristics between the male-female binary definitions. Training for doctors and other health workers needs to reflect this.

There’s growing evidence that signals sent from our internal organs to the brain play a major role in regulating emotions and fending off anxiety and depression

We’re living longer, but not necessarily better. As the population over 65 in the United States is projected to double by 2060 — with one in five residents in retirement age — so will the number of Americans needing long-term care services.

A new study suggests that the popular dietary technique intermittent fasting (IF) is less effective that traditional daily dieting at reducing body fat.

Science is once again casting doubt on the notion that we could live to be nearly as old as the biblical Methuselah or Mel Brooks' 2,000-year-old man. New research from Singapore-base biotech company Gero looks at how well the human body bounces back from disease, accidents or just about anything else that puts stress on its systems. This basic resilience declines as people age, with an 80-year-old requiring three times as long to recover from stresses as a 40-year-old on average.

Glasgow Caledonian University scientists say the exercise you need depends on how long you spend seated each day.

Many people have been moving less since the pandemic, and one consequence may be a reduction in core strength. But there are a variety of exercises you can do to focus on improving your core.

On top of the well-known adverse metabolic and health consequences of Sugar-sweetened beverages, our findings have added another reason to avoid sugar-sweetened beverages since earlier life stages.

Growing older can take a serious toll on the body. Bones become brittle, muscle shrinks, the immune system loses strength, and age-related ailments like arthritis can set in. More serious complications like declining cognitive function and heart disease can also take hold as the later years of life progress.

IN THE EVER-EVOLVING PURSUIT OF LIVING LONGER AND HEALTHIER, we know diet plays a pivotal role. In recent years, scientists have also focused on the potential of intermittent fasting — a diet regimen that hinges on when you eat, not what you eat. New research, however, suggests it doesn't deliver on what some intermittent fasters are looking for when they adopt it as an eating pattern.

A massive new study has found evidence that blood iron levels could play a role in influencing how long you live.

Marrying biology and engineering permits the design or redesign of biological molecules and complex systems that do not exist naturally in the world – the applications of which are unprecedented.

New research suggests mate choice continues after sex because human eggs can favor some sperm over others. An analysis of the microscopic dynamics between sperm and egg has revealed a fascinating twist to a phenomenon called female "cryptic choice." According to a new study, eggs use various chemical signals to attract different men's sperm — and not necessarily the sperm of their chosen partners.

While identical twins are seen more as an accidental splitting of a single egg, there could be a good reason mothers produce non-identical twins from two separate eggs.

In the early 1950s, a young lieutenant realized the fatal flaw in the cockpit design of U.S. air force jets.

Purnima or full moon day have great effects on humans and animals. Read more to understand the impact and significance of Purnima vrat in detail.

It’s a question that has baffled scholars for centuries: is pain a bodily experience or a mental one? Rich Harrison explains why this is such a complex problem to solve

Lost, wet and alone in a freezing, snow covered landscape, an Icelandic fisherman’s story of survival against the odds reveals the human body’s remarkable ability to adapt to the cold.

We spoke to a mountaineer about the effect high altitude has on blood pressure... and dicks.