Scientists have engineered Salmonella bacteria to self-destruct inside tumors, releasing signals that spark powerful immune hubs and shrink colon cancer in mice, opening the door to “living medicines” against deadly cancers.

It's the deep visceral fat around organs that has biggest impact on brain aging, affecting reasoning, memory and processing speed

Common daily pill slashes colorectal cancer’s return by 55%

Retirement can boost mental health, but not for everyone

Scientists have shown how plastics in soil can travel into the food we eat

Researchers have uncovered a gut-diet link to postpartum depression, finding that eating a diet of soy, fermented foods, and seaweed may nurture beneficial gut bacteria and protect mothers’ mental health

ADHD brains really are built differently – we've just been blinded by the noise

In the largest study of its kind, scientists accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and their wild relatives becoming smaller

A new study reveals that much of the confidence people have in the health benefits of supplements might not come from science, but from clever wording on labels

An existing transplant drug slows progression of type 1 diabetes in newly diagnosed young people, paving way for the first therapy that modifies disease after diagnosis