Health

The world of peptides has exploded in wellness circles, but the benefits of injecting these gray-market molecules rest on little clinical evidence

Author Rachel Zoffness breaks down why we have chronic pain and how science shows that it’s all in our head

The White House has nominated Erica Schwartz to replace NIH director Jay Bhattacharya as CDC chief. Bhattacharya has been leading the CDC on an acting basis since February, after the public health agency’s director was fired in 2025

The HHS secretary defended proposed budget cuts to science, his vaccine moves and health care costs on Capitol Hill on Thursday

A Hungarian refugee who came to the U.S. with nothing but a diploma made a breakthrough discovery in the burgeoning field of neurochemistry

These drugs were hailed by proponents as breakthroughs in the fight to treat Alzheimer’s disease, but a new independent review finds they make “no meaningful difference”

Peptide-based substances are largely unproven and risky, experts say, but they’re gaining popularity among influencers and athletes—and the U.S. secretary of health

Do declining immune systems explain the trend, or is something else going on? Experts explain

Creatine does help build muscle, but social media claims for methylene blue dye are way overblown

Immune system overreactions may be the true culprit of cardiac illness—and lifesaving drugs can calm them down

A man with HIV has gone into remission after receiving bone marrow from his brother, who has a rare mutation that prevents the function of receptors that HIV binds to

A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialing back cell development can safely refresh aged tissues and organs