If vitamin C stops cancer in its tracks, and being deficient in it can cause scurvy — the disease long associated with ...

An unsettling parasitic pest making its way north through Mexico has El Paso veterinarians sounding the alarm and urging pet owners to keep a close eye on any cuts or recent surgical sites. The ...

Cells experience many different types of stress, such as starvation or stress caused by too much salt or too high a temperature. Insulin signals respond to such stress signals by sending the protein ...

A state investigation launched after several Red Onion State Prison inmates burned themselves and alleged racism sexual abuse ...

Researchers at the University of Maine have discovered that a common interaction between a bacterium and a fungus may ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Every year, there’s a new lineup of such curious clinical conditions. There are always some unfortunate souls to mark medical ...

A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue.

Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on topics from zoology and psychology to herpetology.View full profile Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology ...