Health

President Trump called for better identification of people with mental illness as a way to stop gun violence and mass shootings. But what would that do?

We all have that friend who "knows everything."

The digestive power of this amoeba is the stuff of nightmares when it plays out in a human brain.

These six exercises may help ward off obesity in those who are genetically predisposed to packing on the pounds.

Some unusual embryos may soon be growing in Japan: those of human-mouse and human-rat hybrids, news sources are reporting.

Epstein is thought to have drawn inspiration from an ideology known as "transhumanism."

Rising water temperature encourage the spread of harmful bacteria in ocean waters.

In some cases, moving during pregnancy may increase the risk of preterm birth, a new study suggests.

A woman's birth control implant that went missing from its proper place in her arm turned up in her lung.

When is exercise a bad thing? When you do so many squats your muscles break apart and poison you.

Hot days can rapidly bring pavements to sizzling temperatures.

The number of cases seen in such a short period is concerning, officials say.

The first study to test the gene-editing technology CRISPR inside the human body is about to get underway in the United States, according to news reports.

If you nibble on a mint leaf, you might notice that it makes your mouth feel cool. That's because mint, much like chili peppers, is a biochemical success story — for plants, at least.

A man in North Carolina died from a rare "brain-eating" amoeba infection after swimming in a lake at a local water park, according to news reports.

About 90 million bacteria live in a single apple.

An Indiana woman's vacation took a grim turn when she developed a serious leg infection after spending time in the hotel's hot tub.

a new study suggests that the chemicals used to replace BPA may also be cause for concern.

Infections with an intestinal parasite have surged in Massachusetts in recent months, according to health officials.