Health Sciences and Technology News

New research is casting doubt on the old adage, "All you need to run is a pair of shoes."

The development of antibiotics gave physicians seemingly miraculous weapons against infectious disease. Effective cures for terrible afflictions like pneumonia, syphilis and tuberculosis were suddenly at hand.

Surgeons have demonstrated that artificial muscles can restore the ability of patients with facial paralysis to blink,

Mango fruit been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast cancer cells in the lab.

Ancient Egyptian cosmetics: 'Magical' makeup may have been medicine for eye disease

Biologists long have marveled at the ability of some animals to re-grow lost body parts. Newts, for example, can lose a leg and grow a new one identical to the original. Zebrafish can re-grow fins.

Closing schools for less than two weeks during a flu pandemic may increase infection rates and prolong an epidemic, say University of Pittsburgh researchers.

The premise that hunger makes food look more appealing is a widely held belief -- just ask those who cruise grocery store aisles on an empty stomach, only to go home with a full basket and an empty wallet.

Going back for a second dessert after your holiday meal might not be the best strategy for living a long, cancer-free life say researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The DNA of a first-century shrouded man found in a tomb on the edge of the Old City of Jerusalem has revealed the earliest proven case of leprosy.