People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have altered levels of several key bacteria in the mouth, a new study reports.

Nail biting, or onychophagia, carries significant health risks beyond appearance. This habit can injure gums, spread harmful ...

According to Mishra, the bacterial communities that establish in the first six to 12 months are responsible for allergy risk, ...

Discarded cigarette butts could be driving antibiotic resistance, scientists have warned. A study conducted across 35 Chinese ...

Garlic, alcohol, meat and even fasting can affect our body odour – and alter how appealing our scent is to others.

Many people are convinced they know how to survive in the woods, Bear Grylls style. But a lot of what we think we know only ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put four companies on notice for marketing “unapproved fluoride-containing ingestible drugs” for use by children under the age of 3 or children at low or ...

The absence of zombie worms on these bones suggests that the expanding oxygen minimum zones in the northeast Pacific and ...

The US Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it is taking action to restrict the use of prescription fluoride supplements, following a directive from the government’s Make American Healthy ...