One type of cognitive training appears to reduce the risk of dementia 20 years later. Even a modest amount of mental exercise ...

$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease The controversial US-funded study on hepatitis B vaccines among newborns in Guinea-Bissau has ...

Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical. By Hiroko Tabuchi In 2000, a ...

A new study suggests the shingles vaccine may lower the likelihood of developing dementia as well as slow its progression in people who have already been diagnosed with the disease. Researchers are ...

A scientific journal has retracted a bedrock study that found that glyphosate — the active ingredient in one of the most widely used herbicides on the planet — does not pose a human health risk, ...

Hear ye, hear ye! I hear the bells of finals tolling ominously for all who dare ignore them. Recently, a lot of my friends have confessed they’re tired of the same old study spots (but, to be honest, ...

Having a smartphone may be harmful for children younger than 12, according to a new study. The study published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics found that owning a smartphone during ...

Researchers found higher rates of depression, poor sleep and obesity among tweens who had early access to a cellphone. By Catherine Pearson What is the “right” age to get your child a smartphone? It’s ...

Doctors are reassessing decades of standard treatment for patients who have had heart attacks after new research shows beta-blockers may be anywhere from useless to harmful in certain cases. The ...

A "flawed" draft of a 2020 Henry Ford Health research study suggests vaccinated children suffer from chronic diseases at a higher rate than unvaccinated children. The research came up in a U.S. Senate ...

The Justice Department quietly removed from its website a study showing far-right extremists were responsible for the bulk of ideologically motivated deaths — a move that comes as the GOP seeks to ...

ICE faces obstacles in hiring new agents, Trump's takeover of the police in D.C., and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x Health practitioners, companies, and others have for years hailed the potential ...