Weight loss and diabetes drugs target regulatory pathways involved in metabolism that the microbes in your gut and certain molecules from food already play a key role in regulating.

Long-term goals can be hard to stick to if the benefits are only way off in the future. Research suggests ways to focus on the here and now to help you ultimately achieve your more far-off targets.

You likely know that the sight and smell of food can trigger cravings. But internal cues from your gut and your brain play just as important a role in the decisions you make around food.

Research shows that focusing strictly on weight loss is not only ineffective in the long term, it can even be harmful and counterproductive.

The results could indicate populations of more typical prey in southern Mexico are shrinking.

Killer whales that eat seals or other whales have higher persistent organic pollutants in their blubber than those that forage on fish.

In a study of adults in the U.K., those who adhered closely to a Mediterranean lifestyle had a 29% lower risk of all-cause mortality and a 28% lower risk of cancer mortality.