People who are trying to get pregnant have a lot of substances to avoid to improve their odds of success. Smoking, drinking, and exposure to other toxins are a clear no. But research suggests that use ...

A recent conversation with a colleague revealed a few inconvenient truths about our medical systems.Some of these truths hit harder for some countries than others. He shared how, while travelling to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A new study from Shenyang Agricultural University found that viruses on plastic surfaces could be playing a ...

Overprescribing antibiotics breeds antibiotic resistance. A new tool aims to lower a notably high rate of such prescriptions ...

For years, treating gum disease has meant scraping away plaque, cutting out damaged tissue or turning to antibiotics that kill ...

Your body is with you 24/7. But how often do you actually stop to think about what it’s doing? Probably not much, and ...

A Caltech-led team of biochemists has homed in on an underexplored small transporter called MurJ that is a vital part of the pathway bacteria use to ...

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into ...

In a new breakthrough against fighting infectious diseases and antibiotic-resistant infections, scientists have discovered a hidden part of the immune system which was previously not known, and which ...

Dr Amir Khan said people had 'no excuses' ...

Emerging evidence supports the skin microbiome as a promising avenue for precision medicine in the treatment of dermatologic diseases.