Early stage test shows promise, but cardiologist notes more study needed into longer-term, unintended effects.

A new study shows something we’ve always figured was true: our health and habits as children and teens affect our health as adults. And not just our health, but how long we live.

Emily Balskus has won the Alan T. Waterman Award, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious prize for scientists under 40 in the United States.

Researchers discover mysterious bacteria that break it down in the gut.