Taxes on sugary drinks are potentially effective tools to fight the obesity epidemic and advocates are drawing lessons from the long battle against tobacco as they plot what they know will be a tough road ahead.

The French Adrian military helmet from WWI outdid modern helmets in shock wave tests—a surprising result that could improve today's military equipment.

A new artificial intelligence-powered app could help doctors predict survival and determine treatment for people with meningiomas.

A new survey shows people who get more of their news from social media are more likely to believe misinformation about vaccines.

Researchers theorize that heavy backpacks could explain the difference in fitness between homeschool and public school students.

Despite the view that early schizophrenia treatment can help prevent mental decline, new research shows that's not the case.

We know alarmingly little about a third of the chemicals produced and sold around the world, a new estimate of "chemical diversity" highlights.

Scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of breast cancer ever achieved, revealing how genetic changes shape the physical tumour landscape, according to research funded published in Nature Cancer.

Brief exposure to ambient ultrafine particles, a form of air pollution, may potentially trigger nonfatal heart attacks.

Women who have experienced domestic abuse are 44% more likely to die from any cause compared to the general population, a study from the UK finds.