Tooth decay is the most common health condition worldwide. While it is preventable and treatable, billions of people are ...

Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to ...

Next-generation technology has helped solve a 30-year mystery of how Legionnaires' disease—a severe form of pneumonia—works, ...

Now, new research out of Germany suggests that consuming soft drinks can also increase the odds of developing depression.

In 1970, Richard Blakemore noticed bacteria he had taken from Woods Hole in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, behaving strangely. The bacteria followed the pull of a magnet. They were the first of their kind ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered that a yeast commonly found in our gut — candida albicans — can make infection with salmonella worse.

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. A healthy gut is about much more than proper digestion. Gut ...

Candace Smith told Newsweek: "I don't think you can effectively relay that type of experience to someone who has not felt it.

There is an exciting new biotechnology research project coming to two Louisiana Universities. DARPA, the central research and ...

A Northwest Jacksonville man was just released from the hospital after weeks of battling a flesh-eating bacteria, according ...

The work, described in a preprint paper, has the potential to create new treatments and accelerate research into artificially ...