Many adults with anorexia have distinctive traits that lock them into a destructive relationship with food. Those same traits could help them escape it.

A writer explores manipulating her diet to treat her Type 2 diabetes.

One morning, Samantha Anderson woke to find that she could no longer swallow. Three-and-a-half years later, she’s finally regaining her ability to eat.

Frieda Klotz visits the world's first cyborg fair.

The eugenic legacy of a 1927 Supreme Court decision to sterilize “imbeciles.”

Holly Cave wanted to know why her pregnancy ended at nine weeks. She discovered that talking about her loss helped change how she thought about it.

Will new DNA tests help convict violent offenders or curb privacy?

Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. Now they’re being trained to help us survive.

We have a habit of looking to the animal kingdom to validate the way we love.

Harnessing the mind to reduce side-effects and slash drug costs.

Craig Venter, multi-millionaire maverick, says he can help you live a better, longer life.

It’s a simple formula for weight loss: burn more calories than you consume. How come that often doesn't work?