The idea that some people with mental illness lack insight into their condition isn't new. And the condition, which health officials continue to grapple with, can also cause great stress for the loved ones of those afflicted by it.

The explosion of Mount Tambura, killed 100,000 people and changed the climate for several years. It was responsible for the "year without a summer," Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, and perhaps the military failing of Napoleon Bonaparte. 

Aging at home rather than in a nursing home can be more satisfying for individuals and their family and may reduce the cost of care. But what to do when Mom and Dad are not at the top of their game? Passive monitoring will play an increasingly larger role. 

According to PETA, veggie burgers cause cancer because of their iron content. Using their logic, so does soy and spinach.

With the release of the CDC's 2018 breastfeeding scorecard, it is time to add common sense into these failed policies that actually supports women and families.

You've probably never even heard of osmium (no relation to Donny Osmond). That may be because 1) You are not a dork, and 2) It is the rarest metal in the world. It also has some interesting properties. It is an unreactive, very hard metal, which is used in fountain pens but add four oxygens and it becomes a different beast - one that can blind you.

How is science used in environmental litigation, and by whom? A new study finds patterns in the litigants and their strategies. 

There are signs that the devastating opioid crisis we're experiencing here is spreading to other nations – including the United Kingdom. Germany had the closest rates to those in the U.S., while in the U.K. doses per million people, per day, more than tripled.

Mosquitos are a global carrier of diseases. Genetically-modified mosquitos can alter their ability to transmit disease or suppress their population. Isn't it time to use this tool in our continued fight against this lethal carrier?