Gut health is more than just digestion. It plays a big part in your body’s immunity, mood, metabolism, and overall well-being ...

Bottom line: This study discovered a circuit in the brain that connects stress with increased glucose and therefore may link stress to type 2 diabetes. In stressful situations, this circuit from the ...

Urban India faces hidden nutritional deficiencies despite economic growth, with diets lacking essential nutrients. Studies reveal high rates of iron, vitamin B12, and vitamin D deficiencies, leading ...

ATLANTA — A new life is still fighting after a beginning no one would have imagined. April Newkirk's daughter, Adriana Smith, was pronounced brain dead earlier this year. She was kept alive on life ...

A new wave of climate research is sounding a stark warning: Human activity may be driving drought more intensely — and more directly — than previously understood. This article was originally published ...

Our brain may not be as capable of rewiring following an amputation as we thought, which could have serious implications for how we treat a common complication called phantom limb pain. A part of the ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

"Go outside" or "touch grass" are common rejoinders deployed in online arguments these days. And, at least for those of us whose brains have probably melted from spending too much time on an app where ...

Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface that can capture and decode a person's inner monologue. The results could help people who are unable to speak communicate more easily with others.