Katie Golden began a symptom diary when she was first diagnosed with chronic migraines eight years ago. 

Extended use of popular drugs to treat heartburn, ulcers and acid reflux has been associated with an increased risk of premature death. 

Many mutations in DNA that contribute to disease are not in actual genes but instead lie in the 99% of the genome once considered "junk."

UV light damages the DNA of skin cells, which can lead to skin cancer.

Group of scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). Lithuania have created biodegradable plastic, which decays in a compost bin in a couple of years.

An international team led by scientists from Lawson Health Research Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are the first to show that Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be used to measure how the heart uses oxygen for both healthy patients and those with heart disease. 

It can be said that marine plankton has now entered the Anthropocene epoch.

The early-stage research, led by scientists from Imperial College London and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, identified a genetic ‘switch’ in breast cancer cells that boosts the production of a type of internal scaffolding.

Parts of Alaska’s mountainous Brooks Range were likely transported from Greenland and a stretch of the Canadian Arctic much farther to the east, according to a series of Dartmouth-led studies detailing over 300 million years of Arctic geologic history.

More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won’t heat the atmosphere as much as today’s refrigerants do, or catch fire, according to a new computational study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).