PRINCETON, N.J.--Pregnant women in Latin American countries were more likely to seek an abortion after receiving health alerts about Zika virus, according to a study co-authored by Princeton…

The implementation of state prescription drug monitoring programs was associated with the prevention of approximately one opioid-related overdose death every two hours on average nationwide,…

T. rex is considered the most ferocious creature in the prehistoric jungle, but mammal-like reptiles outlived the scary beast - and a new study shows it may have been due to something as simple as…

Women workers often rely on future spouses to organize their retirement finances, rather than making independent decisions now. Men and women working for private Japanese companies make decisions…

For decades we have been told that salmon is good for us, for everything from heart health to brain function. And we should eat more of it. But if more people actually listened to those dietary…

Should your ethnicity determine whether or not you are accepted into college? Of course not, but once upon a time it was. Half a century ago, it certainly made a difference in which schools and…

If you paid 23andMe to take a look at your DNA, maybe you wanted to know more than why you like cilantro or are related to Genghis Khan, maybe you thought you were advancing science. Well, you are,…

An international team of scientists has developed a relatively simple mathematical explanation for the rogue ocean waves that can develop seemingly out of nowhere to sink ships and overwhelm oil…

SAN FRANCISCO - June 21, 2016 - A new study estimates that 9.6 million adults in the United States are highly myopic, or severely nearsighted. Of those, nearly 820,000 have a degenerative form of the…

Having diabetes increases the risk of dying from the effects of a heart attack by around 50 per cent, according to a widespread study. Researchers at the University of Leeds tracked 700,000 people…