Here's What Scientists Know About 'Screen Time' and Your Health By Byron Reeves, Nilam Ram, Thomas N. Robinson Conclusions about the effects of digital media, or "screen time," are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong, scientists say.
Could Scientists 'Hack' the Zika Virus to Kill Brain Cancer? By Nicoletta Lanese Could Zika be used as a cancer treatment?
Why Teen Depression Rates Are Rising So Fast for Girls By Jean Twenge We're in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter.
Can You 'Catch' Cancer or Obesity from Other People? By Nicoletta Lanese Noncommunicable diseases cannot pass between people — or can they?
US Officials Will Screen Travelers from China for New Virus By Rachael Rettner As an outbreak of a new virus in China spreads, U.S. officials will start screening passengers arriving at select U.S. airports.
The Surprising Condition That Causes 1 in 5 Deaths By Rachael Rettner About 20% of deaths worldwide are due to a condition that we don't hear much about: Sepsis.
Scientists Discover 4 Distinct Patterns of Aging By Nicoletta Lanese Scientists have come closer to understanding why people seem to age at different rates.
New SARS-Like Virus in China May Spread Between People in Limited Cases By Rachael Rettner The new virus — a type of coronavirus — may be able to spread between people under certain circumstances.
Gene Tweak Can Extend Life 500% (But You Have to Be a Worm) By Nicoletta Lanese What could this tell us about the aging process in humans?
Your Blood Type Might Influence Your Risk of Getting the Stomach Flu By Patricia L. Foster Your blood type may determine if you get norovirus, the winter stomach flu, this season.
This Year's Flu Shot Doesn't Match What's Circulating. Here's What That Means. By Rachael Rettner The main strain of flu that's circulating right now doesn't exactly match what's in this year's flu shot.
Has the Average Human Body Temperature Always Been the Same? By Nicoletta Lanese Evidence suggests that modern humans may be cooler than our 19th-century ancestors.
A Man Developed an 'Eggshell' in His Testicle Due to Parasitic Worms By Yasemin Saplakoglu The eggshell-like material was the result of a rare reaction to a chronic infection.
What Is Heat Exhaustion? By Nicole Haloupek What do football players and sugarcane harvesters have in common? They may all be at risk for heat exhaustion — a hazardous condition that can lead to fatal heat stroke.
Future 'Flash' Radiation Therapy Could Treat Cancer in Milliseconds By Nicoletta Lanese An emerging cancer therapy could someday shorten the time patients spend in treatment and improve their overall outcomes.
Newfound Cannabis Compound May Be 30 Times More Potent Than THC By Nicoletta Lanese But we still don't know if it causes a high or has medical benefits.
A Fat Tongue May Be Blocking Your Airways While You Sleep By Nicoletta Lanese And freezing that fat could potentially help ease symptoms of the disorder.
New Virus Related to SARS May Be Behind Mysterious Pneumonia Outbreak in China By Rachael Rettner Officials may have found the cause of the mysterious outbreak of pneumonia that has sickened dozens of people in China.
How a Piece of Popcorn Stuck in a Man's Teeth Led to Open-Heart Surgery By Rachael Rettner Getting popcorn stuck in your teeth is usually just an annoyance, but for one man in England, it led to open-heart surgery, according to news reports.
Unique Brain Signal Just Discovered. And It Might Make Us 'Human' By Nicoletta Lanese A new study suggests that human neurons may have more computing power than once thought.
