Health

According to estimates, about 73 percent of teenagers in the U.S. have a smartphone, with 92 percent of …

Despite more than two decades of advances in diagnostic criteria and technology, symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and related …

Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK), the largest U.S. pharmaceutical company, transferred its genetically engineered hepatitis B vaccine technology …

Binge drinking is never healthy, but the behavior brings the greatest risks for young adolescents. At Columbia, researchers are taking …

In a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, Vanessa Hill, Mimi Shirasu-Hiza, and colleagues at …

Scientists from the University of Aberdeen and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have undertaken the largest study of …

Chinese medicine has been around for thousands of years. But with the emergence of the more modern Western …

Foreigners are often fascinated by the Chinese obsession with drinking hot water. Even when the temperature is smoldering …

The normalization of “plus-size” body shapes may be leading to an increasing number of people underestimating their weight …

Waving smoke from sacred fires or burning herbs or incense for purification has been a common practice among …