Having reliable access to nutritious food may affect brain health in a surprising way: through the bacteria living in the gut ...

A large U.S. study has found a troubling gap in life expectancy for autistic people enrolled in Medicaid. Researchers estimated their life expectancy at birth at about 65 years, nearly six years below ...

Being physically active may greatly reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research from Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands. The link was especially strong in ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, but genes do not determine a person’s future on their own. Even people who carry APOE ε4, the best-known genetic risk factor for late-onset ...

Why do some individuals recover from stressful experiences more easily than others? New animal research suggests that part of the answer may be found in what the brain does during deep sleep.

Medicines such as semaglutide can help people lose substantial weight. But the weight lost is not all body fat. Some is lean mass, a measure that includes muscle and other tissues. Researchers are ...

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke. It often causes no obvious symptoms, so many people can have it for years without realizing how much strain it is placing on the ...

A wave of thefts involving certain Kia and Hyundai cars has spread across the United States since 2020. Viral videos drew ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. live through a stroke. Survivors may face challenges with walking, eating, speaking and other essential parts of life. Rehabilitation helps with ...

Artificial intelligence coding tools dramatically increase developers’ productivity, but much of those gains are lost before ...

Many Americans entered late summer feeling that their money would buy less in the months ahead. In the University of Michigan’s August 2026 consumer survey, only 10% said they expected their buying ...

Most people know that early modern humans had children with Neanderthals. Some also inherited DNA from another extinct group called the Denisovans. Now, researchers have found evidence of two more ...