New research from the Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University and Queen's Business School in Belfast has examined the impact of the Great Irish Famine (1845–1852) on human height.

Tiny pond worms could help find new ways to treat schizophrenia, develop an understanding of drug addiction and test new ...

Shedding light on what determines how cells become what they are meant to be—nerves, bone, muscles, etc.—can also help ...

The medical pros of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are being exaggerated while the risks are being downplayed, suggest the ...

Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the University of Michigan have developed a monoclonal ...

Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, working in collaboration with a team from the University of ...

Eye tracking has proved valuable for assessing whether the user of a prosthetic arm perceives the device as a part of their ...

While smoking rates in the United States have substantially declined over the past six decades, smoking remains high among ...

Imagine you decide to walk to the park. As you head out the front door, you take a left and walk for about a block. At that ...

Wildfire smoke contains pollutants that are hazardous to health, including fine particles (PM2.5), which have been linked to ...

Origin-recognition complex (ORC) plays an unexpectedly broad role in the regulation of human cell gene expression, according ...

Preventing and managing high blood pressure with healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as following a heart-healthy diet ...