For parents, it's axiomatic that steering young children into sports is good for their overall health. But just like almost everything else, too much of a good thing can also backfire. Playing a sport too rigorously can produce devastating injuries for teens who are still developing, as can playing one sport exclusively year-round.

Pregnant women are advised to avoid cat litter boxes — so they don't get infected with Toxoplasmosis gondii, which can cause birth defects. Recent research also suggests that this parasite may also be linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

In the two months since the CDC announced that Zika virus causes microcephaly, researchers have been working tirelessly to learn how it does. A recent study brings us one step closer by showing that the Zika virus can bind to, and replicate in, cells of human placentae. This type of insight will help design a drug that could block Zika from getting to the developing fetus.

We've all stayed up too late to finish a project or study for an exam, depending on caffeine to keep us going. But according to a new study, that chemical assist won't work for more than a couple of days.

Researchers have developed a new method of predicting disease progression in gliobastoma patients who have undergone standard treatment.

It is hard to believe that some cancers miraculously go away for good, but it does happen. Over 1,000 case studies document cancer sufferers who experienced spontaneous regression of their tumor. So why does this happen, and is it possible to exploit it to benefit cancer patients?

Patients who are too ill to eat have been fed by temporary tubes for many years. But, large numbers of nursing homes are now rejecting these tubes in favor of tubes that are implanted into the stomach, often leaving patients with no choice but to undergo surgery that they may not want, or need.

New sleeping recommendations have been released, and just in time to confirm what millions of Americans already knew: We are so sleep deprived. Yawn.

One "chemical" that fear mongers take potshots at is antifreeze. Except, there are really two antifreeze chemicals. One is toxic, and to get harmed by the other you'd have to drink enough to kill a horse. Literally. Chemical haters use this to trick you. To learn how ...

Nearly half of all Americans will receive a diagnosis of a mental health disorder in their lifetime. Yet at the same time the media continues to disproportionally associate mental illness with violent crime, despite that less then five percent of violence in the United States is attributable to mental illness.