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A new study shows that a compound found in our tubes of toothpaste may be an effective drug against malaria.

Before the use of emotional support animals became subject to widespread abuse in order to game the system, many would attest that they were serving a helpful, mostly low-profile role for their owners.

And from the same people who bring us increasingly irreproducible results, a new article, published in Psychology Today, purports that the “Placebo Effect is Growing.” In the author’s words, “Over the last several years evidence has been accumulat

Let's start by making a very obvious statement. Perhaps the most obvious statement ever. Car seats are safe to use.

Shingles develops in one out of every three adults who've previously had chickenpox. Luckily there's not one, but two vaccines, against the painful rash. So why aren't adults getting the shot?

Boston is known for many things, and one of its most prominent assets is its high number of top-notch colleges and universities.

When Henry Kissinger (an ex-Theranos board member) wrote the entry for Elizabeth Holmes's inclusion in TIME magazine's 2015 top 100 Most Influential People, he wrote,

It's difficult to imagine what life must be like for people who work in public relations at United Airlines.

Of all the ridiculous claims made in the popular science press, one of the biggest is that we have discovered the possibility of alien life on some remote exoplanet.

It's sleep awareness week and we are trying to, well, be more aware of our sleep.