As if you didn’t already have enough to worry about to keep you up at night, a new study indicates that poor sleep can negatively affect your gut microbiome, which can, in turn, lead to additional health issues.

Experts on indoor air quality suggest ways people can improve their situation during wildfires.

Researcher and Good Food Institute associate director answers questions about the new wave of alternative and plant-based meats being introduced.

Scientific breakthroughs don’t always happen in labs. For Sophia and Richard Lunt, Michigan State University researchers, many of their breakthroughs happen during neighborhood walks.

Age-related macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness in the elderly, affecting more than 2 million people in the United States and leading to progressive loss of central vision. 

Cancer screening rates are up to a quarter lower in women with diabetes, varying by type of cancer, and putting them at risk of poorer cancer outcomes concludes new research in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes).

So you say you’re interested in a plant-based diet?

Researchers at St. Jude have revealed the mechanism underlying the activation of regulatory T cells, which could spark new drug development.

A high-salt diet may negatively affect cognitive function by causing a deficiency of the compound nitric oxide, which is vital for maintaining vascular health in the brain, according to a new study in mice from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Researchers have developed a faster, cheaper way to coat liquid medication, an invention that could improve how drugs are delivered in the body.