Alzheimer's has long been considered irreversible, but new research challenges that assumption. Scientists discovered that ...

Alzheimer’s has long been considered irreversible, but new research challenges that assumption. Scientists discovered that severe drops in the brain’s energy supply help drive the disease—and ...

A multinational team revises the SOFA score to reflect modern organ support, validates it across diverse ICUs, and guides ...

Malaria continues to place a substantial burden on many emerging economies, contributing to significant loss of life, ...

Researchers are studying whether these widely used weight-loss drugs may also be future treatments for alcohol abuse.

Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints ...

When you take a drug, where in your body does it actually go? For most medications, scientists can make only educated guesses ...

Getting the most out of a doctor’s visit requires some advance preparation. Even the professionals plan ahead.

But new research suggests that a simple blood test may be able to predict osteoporosis risk, allowing doctors to intervene ...

MIT scientists have achieved the first-ever lab synthesis of verticillin A, a complex fungal compound discovered in 1970. Its delicate structure stalled chemists for decades, despite differing from ...

Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every ...