No sex, no alcohol, no daylight, no fruit or vegetables, and no eye contact with your captors for 100 days. It might sound ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station’s Expedition 74 are conducting two biomedical experiments that could reshape treatments for cancer, blood disorders, and radiation damage. One study ...

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Scientists have long been puzzled by how maturing red blood cells manage to produce all the hemoglobin they need to carry ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by how maturing red blood cells manage to produce all the hemoglobin they need to carry ...

A routine blood marker tied to inflammation may reveal Alzheimer’s risk years in advance. Scientists found that higher neutrophil levels—part of the body’s first immune response—were linked to a ...

Besides delivering food, supplies, and equipment, SpaceX's Dragon will also carry a number of important science experiments.

Scientific research teams from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center and the University of Pittsburgh will lead a new $15 million initiative dedicated to better ...

Wearable technologies are starting to reshape how people manage health. Continuous glucose monitors that measure blood sugar ...

A student at Dickinson High School in North Dakota earned a $50,000 grant to continue the research she started for a school ...

How do astronauts track sleep? A new study introduces a smartphone-based melatonin test that monitors circadian rhythms in ...

Firms like Function Health and Oura market regular blood tests to people wanting to take their health into their own hands.