Study links teenage social withdrawal to brain structure changes, impacting cognitive function and mental health in ...

Too much alone time during teenage years may do more than affect friendships. While some solitude is normal, persistent ...

Regulatory T cells help your immune system distinguish between ‘self’ and ‘nonself’ – and can open doors to better treatments for cancer, autoimmune disease and transplant rejection.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists for unraveling how the immune system protects us from thousands of different microbes trying to invade our ...

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize for research showing how the body regulates its ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system works. In separate ...

I can’t do it. It’s too scary.” Anxiety is loud in kids’ lives. Small steps, music, and routine can turn fear into courage, ...

At first glance, a BMI chart seems pretty straightforward. But researchers are discovering that where fat is stored in the body may matter more than how much there is overall. In a sweeping study of ...

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon definition of an NDE, it has ...

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon ...

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop ...

The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.