Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD?

The 21st Century Cures Act has been lauded as a bipartisan success. It's actually the result of a long war on drug regulation.

A new book outlines an epidemic of over-diagnosis and addiction.

Despite decades of promising research, the many men who want their own contraceptive pill still have nothing.

Have antidepressant drugs ever truly worked—and does that matter?

Scientists have discovered a radical new way to treat our most traumatic memories.

What drives the partners of men who have died to try and have their babies? A journey into the fraught world of post-mortem sperm donation.

A rare genetic disorder protects its carriers from disease and aging. What if a diet could replicate its effects?

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.

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.

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

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