An international multi-center study has revealed how diet plays a greater role in the prevalence of obesity globally than was previously understood, according to findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Heart rate is one of the most basic and important indicators of health, providing a snapshot into a person’s physical activity, stress and anxiety, hydration level, and more.

Methotrexate, a common medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, has a newly recognised useful secondary effect to lower blood pressure and potentially reduces the risk of heart disease in people with this condition.

Some regions of the brain in people with Alzheimer’s reorganize more often while at rest than in people without the disease––and in healthy people this frequent reshuffling sometimes predicts who will develop the condition later, according to a new study from the University of Michigan and Columbia University.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study shows a species of tilapia grows 15% faster in a system that recirculates artificial saltwater than in freshwater.

When a disease-causing virus or other organism is transmitted from one species to another, most of the time the infection sputters and dies out.

To advance conservation, teaching, and research, UC Santa Cruz and The Conservation Fund announced today (Aug. 25) a collaboration that will conserve more than 200 acres of currently privately held land adjacent to the residential campus.

Research into fatal tumours growing on Queensland tree frogs has begun at The University of Queensland.

New research from the University of Washington shows that the City of Seattle’s Fresh Bucks program can improve fruit and vegetable intake and food security among low-income populations by providing financial support for buying healthy food.

Engaging with nature could be an effective measure for those with low wellbeing to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.