Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to ...

In “Replaceable You,” Mary Roach describes mind-boggling efforts to replace human body parts—and why it’s proven to be so ...

The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over millions of years. It comprises ...

The former civil servant became determined to donate his body to medical science while volunteering with children with cancer. “These kids have their entire futures ahead of them, yet life dealt them ...

Scientists are mapping how the body senses internal organs. This “sixth sense” study could reveal new ways to treat chronic ...

The human body is eerily similar to a complex machine, with countless delicate parts. These parts range from the tiniest of ...

Demetre Daskalakis, the former director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, argues the public ...

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more has dropped.

You don’t even need to be pregnant to see a midwife, a common misconception. We also do fertility counseling, perform pap ...

"Play isn’t just a frivolous pastime for children. It’s a powerful, even essential, tool for healing," writes Cas Holman.

According to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications, researchers have successfully transplanted the nucleus from ...

Scientists have made a landmark breakthrough that enables the creation of viable human egg cells from a skin cell, new research claims. The study, published in Nature Communications, detailed how US ...