Alone among mammals, only humans continue to drink milk into adulthood, and only humans purposely drink the milk of other mammals. As ...

Ever since the discovery of the antibiotic commonly known as penicillin in the late-1920s, antibiotic drugs have transformed the face of modern ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a public health advisory warning that the incidence of influenza infection, primarily ...

The designation “man flu” began as a joke to acknowledge the eye-rolling observation among women that the men in their lives consistently ...

As medical researchers continue to make progress in understanding the causes and mechanisms behind Alzheimer's disease (AD), it appears that AD may ...

One of the best estimates we have for the average total number of cells in the human body is 37.2 trillion. It ...

A study published in the journal Surgical Neurology International in 2015 highlighted a growing trend in the onset of dementia among people ...

Lyme disease has been around for thousands of years. The tenacious bacteria were found in the 5,300-year-old mummy known as “Ötzi” or ...