Health

Not to spoil your summer pool fun, but outbreaks of "crypto," a swimming-related diarrheal illness, are on the rise.

People who showed signs of hidden consciousness after a brain injury were more likely to eventually recover.

A combination of cocaine and toxic pufferfish liver sent a Florida man to the emergency room, according to a new case report.

The journal that published the so-called "skull spike" study is now taking a second look at the research that went into it.

Foot calluses have evolved to protect the feet and provide comfort in perhaps ways that shoes can't match, a new study says.

People with desk jobs may not need to feel so guilty about all those sedentary hours in an office chair.

It seems to excite the brain's reward system.

Frozen sperm didn’t seem fazed by several loop the loops in an aerobatic plane, but that’s a far cry from showing that they would make a healthy baby in space.

Elite athletes not only have stronger hearts and fitter muscles than the average Joe, but they also sport special gut bacteria that may actually boost their performance.

But do not try to treat an infection with CBD at home.

Can you blame dozing at work on allergies?

Only recently have scientists found the human eye has its own microbiome.

Dead cells in the body don't sound very useful, but they might provide a new way to fight cancer, a new study in animals suggests.

Aren't all of these "medications" approved by the Food and Drug Administration? Nope.

These included tools tainted with blood, chunks of bone, cement, hair and even a dead insect.

A teenage boy was seriously injured when an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth, according to a new report of the case.