Dr. Kathryn Cunningham, from the University's School of Health Sciences, has spent more than a decade studying the feeling ...

Amid growing concern about academic freedom, a faculty group wants UNC officials to be more precise about what activities are protected.

Researchers at Mass General Brigham examined a new way to define obesity that goes beyond BMI by also considering how body fat is distributed. Obesity rates in the United States may increase dramatica ...

A new study redefines obesity, revealing higher health risks for millions. The updated criteria include measures of body fat ...

Miracles by definition defy science. But a new research effort attempts to understand what our experiences with them do to ...

"With potentially 70% of the adult population now considered to have excess fat, we need to better understand what treatment ...

The concept of a cure in oncology, particularly for stage II and III colon cancer (CC), has historically suffered from ...

As the U.S. government shuts down due Congress' failure to pass a spending bill, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is implementing a contingency staffing plan that will again roil a research ...

Sept 26 (Reuters) - Polar bears have taken over an abandoned Soviet polar research station on small island off Russia's far northeastern cost. Vadim Makhorov, a travel blogger, used a drone to film ...

Medical research is essential for advancing the understanding of health, diseases, and treatments. There are many types of studies that serve different purposes. Medical research, or health research, ...