The idea that we need to wear scented sprays on our bodies to be clean is simply not true, says English anatomy professor ...

Our family moved from Orlando, Florida, to Boston last fall. I’m going stir crazy in the winter weather and want to try hiking. As a native Floridian, I’m ...

That relentless scratching. Every pet parent knows the sound – the constant thump of a dog’s leg against their ear (and the ...

From the mysterious white flecks that sometimes appear on nails to unusual ridging or changes in thickness, what do these ...

Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH The navel, also known as the belly button or umbilicus, is a small, round, or ...

Newly discovered brain cells count each bite before sending the order to cease eating a meal. Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to ...

Some of them work on bacteria that can chew up plastics; others work directly with enzymes that can clean up the waste. Multiple scientists, including Manjunath, have turned into entrepreneurs ...

This is because, in reality, diseased hearts can be very different in anatomy, pathology, etc. That makes it difficult for conventional simulations to capture these conditions accurately." ...

But what about a virus that doesn’t make people sick — just the bacteria that infects people, effectively destroying it? That’s what bacteriophages — or, simply, phages — are ...

The bacteria are always beneficial for the gut, and lower levels of it are associated with inflammatory diseases and diabetes. AM is hugely sensitive to decreasing levels of fibre in the diet too.” ...

In prokaryotic cells, DNA bundles together in a region called the nucleoid. Primitive organelles, such as micro-compartments found in some bacteria, help organize cellular processes by concentrating ...