Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?

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One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.

Thousands of potentially toxic plastic chemicals can migrate from food processing and packaging into the human body, a new ...

That plastic wrap you find around the food you eat is far from benign: A new study shows that more than 3,600 chemicals leach ...

From doctors' offices to family gatherings, larger-bodied people report being bombarded with unsolicited advice about their ...

Policymakers and health researchers are increasingly recognising the harms of stigmatising language and attitudes towards ...

A recent review has uncovered the widespread presence of food contact chemicals (FCC) in humans, identifying 3,601 chemicals used in food packaging and related products found in the human body. The st ...

Like many veterans, Victor Carl Honey was neglected by the government after serving in the U.S. Army for 10 years, spending ...

Native Americans living in coastal Northern California during the Mission era were presumed to experience high rates of ...

A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations, ...