Medical News

Do electronic cigarettes help people quit smoking? As the debate continues on that point, a new University of Rochester study suggests that e-cigarettes are likely a toxic replacement for tobacco products.

A woman received donor stools from her overweight daughter. The mother became obese 16 months after the procedure despite having medically supervised diet and exercise.

(Biophysical Society) Good drugs are hard to design: they must not only effectively treat a medical condition, but they must also do so without having side effects that outweigh their benefits. Sometimes, toxic side effe...

(Biophysical Society) A large percentage of the world's population -- fully one third, by the World Health Organization's estimates -- is currently overweight or obese. This staggering statistics has made finding ways to...

Bacteria and other microorganisms have been found around the NYC subway system, including anthrax and bubonic plague. Do they pose a threat to humans?