Thyroid cancers have different genetic changes depending on their type: papillary cancers often involve BRAF mutations, follicular cancers commonly involve RAS mutations, medullary cancers are ...

East Java, Indonesia, is home to a volcano known as Mount Ijen. Nestled within a 12-mile-wide caldera and home to the world’s highest acidic crater lake, it is known for eerie, ethereal blue sulfur ...

A bunion is more than a bump beside the big toe. Also known as hallux valgus, it develops when the big toe gradually angles toward the smaller toes, making the joint at its base more prominent. The ...

Dr. Nicholas Norwitz, M.D. Ph.D. writes a best-selling science newsletter, StayCurious Metabolism, where he strives to empower readers with deep knowledge of cutting-edge health science. The more I ...

When archaeologists opened King Tutankhamun’s tomb, they found gold, jewels—and licorice root. Three thousand years later, scientists are trying to figure out why ancient cultures thought it belonged ...

COLUMBIA, Ky.—After a four-wheeler ride with her husband, Mackie Jo Pennington sat on her aunt’s porch, not noticing the tiny dots on her pant leg. As it turned out, those dots were poppy-seed-sized ...

Theresa Ho was sure a torn contact lens was to blame for her itchy, gritty eyes. Weeks later, after no improvement, she learned the real culprit had nothing to do with her contacts: It was ...

While nearly 70 percent of the U.S. food supply is ultra‑processed, these nourishing almond flour cookie dough bites offer a simple, nutritious alternative. They’re soft, creamy, and slightly ...

As many as six in 10 people prescribed a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine for sleep apnea can’t stick with it. However, there may be a way to treat sleep apnea without a mask at all.

Seven years ago, Allison Christel was 25, working as a nurse, and running on empty. Her husband was going through a major health crisis, and between his care and her job, her own well-being collapsed.

Sleep is a great healer. Pain keeps you up, and being up makes pain worse—a cycle millions of people with chronic pain know well. Some researchers now think melatonin might help break it . A new ...

Spoiler alert: The viral health tip claiming that brushing your teeth with your non-dominant hand to reverse dementia is oversimplified, mostly because it’s untested and therefore unproven. But that ...