About one in eight adults in the United States has tried or currently uses a GLP-1 medication, and a quarter of those users cite weight loss as their main goal.

With the recent surge in popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic, altogether called GLP-1s, there has been renewed scientific interest in understanding how our bodies regulate muscle growth.

As the percentage of the global population over 65 continues to increase, the popularity of anti-aging stocks is rising in tandem thanks to advancements in technology and a growing body of research on ...

Step into any supermarket or pharmacy, and you'll find aisles brimming with products designed to make you smell "fresh," feel "clean," or somehow achieve a level of "purity" that no human body ...

In our fast-paced world, prioritizing health and well-being is more important than ever. With growing awareness about ...

This discovery sheds light on how tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells adapt to their location in the body, ensuring a ...

The functioning of human cells resembles the way a city relies on a precise transport system to deliver various things and ...

Scientists reveal how filopodia help cancer spread. The breakthrough could improve treatments that stop cancer cells from ...

“The discovery that memory B cells and antibodies specific to [Nipah] persist 20 years post-infection suggests that vaccines ...

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a person's risk of stroke, heart failure and even ...

A team has unearthed new findings about what happens during the minutes and hours after a cell divides, expanding our understanding of human biology -- and potentially leading to better medicines.

An adult human body consists of some 37 trillion cells. Not so long ago, these were thought to come in 220 different types.