Why are some 75-year-olds downright spry while others can barely get around?  Some people who smoke look old from a young age while others don't. Part of the explanation, say researchers writing…

A mechanism that enables the development of resistance to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) anticancer drugs, thereby leading to relapse, has been identified by Kathy Borden of the University of Montreal'…

NEW YORK, NY (May 21, 2014) — The overall number and nature of mutations—rather than the presence of any single mutation—influences an individual's risk of developing schizophrenia, as well as its…

Tai Chi is a traditional Chinese pastime that had its origins in self-defense. Like with many sports and hobbies, its benefits in relaxation and fitness are well-documented. A new paper in Cell…

In most sports, youth helps. The adage was that if an older person can do it better than a younger person, it isn't a sport. But the lines of performance are lot more blurry today and youth is…

Lung cancer is one of the top killers of people. Once patients receive a diagnosis, chemotherapy is common but accurate predictions about whether or not this treatment will help are impossible. New…

Snakebite is one of the most neglected of all tropical diseases, with nearly 5 million people bitten by snakes each year and fatalities globally up to 30 times higher than that of land mines and…

Two new shipping routes have opened in the Arctic: the Northwest Passage through Canada, and the Northern Sea Route, a 3,000-mile stretch along the coasts of Russia and Norway connecting the Barents…

If you are an organic farmer, you may be worried your crops can be "contaminated" by a field genetically modified with a gene to express a natural toxin against pests. Nasty weeds sometimes…

AUSTIN, Texas — Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have discovered that the more diverse the diet of a fish, the less diverse are the microbes living in its…