Health Sciences and Technology News

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, led by Ajit Varki, M.D., have shown a new mechanism for how human consumption of red meat and milk products could contribute to the increased risk of cancerous tumors.

Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that a walk of just fifteen minutes can reduce chocolate cravings.

Like something from a horror movie, the swarm of bacteria ripples purposefully toward their prey, devours it and moves on.

Researchers have shown for the first time that the emotions aroused by joyful music have a healthy effect on blood vessel function.

It could become a reality thanks to a new study by Rice University bioengineers.

About 10 million people in the United States alone—from troops returning from war to students with music blasting through headphones—are suffering from impairing noise-induced hearing loss.

Researcher demonstrates that the color red makes men feel more amorous toward women. And men are unaware of the role the color plays in their attraction.

Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and flame retardants (PBDEs) are strongly associated with adverse health effects on humans and laboratory animals.

Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us.

The growth of cities in Africa along with high-risk behaviors may have been the key change that allowed the virus to flourish.