Competitive eater Molly Schuyler stands 5-foot-7 and weighs just 125 pounds. Her petite frame appears to be at odds with her staggering prowess to gorge herself, which left us scratching our heads in incredulity. How does someone manage to eat so much, yet maintain such a seemingly healthy physique?

Is medicine ready for an Uber-style revolution to fill the void between what patients want and the type of healthcare services that are available?

As of now, all Zika infections that were transmitted by mosquitoes have been a result of the Aedes mosquito, which is found in warm areas. But now, the 800-pound pest in the room is whether the far more common Culex family of mosquitoes might be able to transmit the virus, which can make this issue more disturbing.

In pharmaceutical research, a failure is just an improvement in understanding what will actually work. Dr. Robert Popovian highlights how failures lead to innovation and how challenges motivate scientists.

Pesticides in your beer? Banning soda would prevent diabetes? See what you missed over the weekend.

The urine of premature infants is chock full of progenitor cells, which could have major clinical significance in restoring function to damaged kidneys.

Responding to the nations' opioid addiction crisis, the FDA held a hearing on March 1 in Silver Spring, MD to discuss how to get this serious problem under control. The Council, which was asked to provide input, was represented by President Hank Campbell and Dr. Josh Bloom, Senior Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

After nearly a year in space, astronaut Scott Kelly was nearly 1 1/2 inch taller when he returned to Earth. But that's far from the only change that the human body is likely to undergo when it spends time in microgravity.

Truvada has repeatedly been shown to prevent sexual transmission of HIV. Yet women require more of the drug than men for protection from infection, according to a new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Hostility and poor coping skills in young adulthood have been associated with worse cognitive outcomes during middle age. But the prospective study had an important limitation, in that cognitive function was measured in midlife, and not during the early years of being an adult.