For the first time, a person is using a University of Utah bionic arm at home that he can control through signals from his ...

How well a child solves reasoning problems may offer clues about dementia risk many decades later. A long-term Swedish study ...

Getting older is measured in birthdays, but scientists increasingly recognize that the body does not always age at exactly ...

The latest Apple Watch models have some new features: they can listen to the sounds around you all day, transcribe snippets ...

A patient arrives at a hospital with signs of a stroke, and a race against time begins. Doctors need to work out what type of ...

Vitamin C may do more than support normal body functions. A new clinical trial suggests that high-dose vitamin C supplements could affect biological processes linked to some early blood cancers, ...

Scientists in South Korea have developed an extremely thin film that can block electromagnetic waves while making objects ...

We live in a tiny world, embedded in a galaxy that is, itself, part of a vast, interconnected lattice of galaxies, galaxy ...

Some medicines used for anxiety, sleep problems, and other conditions can be especially risky for older adults with dementia ...

A popular group of diabetes medicines can protect the heart and kidneys, but a new study shows that one of their rare serious ...

Weight-loss surgery may do more than help people lose weight. New research suggests it can also improve menstrual cycles and some reproductive health problems in women living with obesity. Researchers ...

Ketamine can ease severe depression quickly in some people who have not improved with standard treatments. Now, researchers have found that its effects on the brains of older adults may continue ...