Antioxidants are supposed to be the good guys—the biochemical equivalent of a cleanup crew, mopping up cellular damage. But ...

The surge in autism diagnoses is often treated as a medical mystery. But it may be better understood as a policy story—one ...

Microplastics are everywhere, and the numbers keep rising. Why? The obvious answer is that there are more of them — but that ...

Peptides like insulin and the now-ubiquitous GLP-1 drugs have become some of the most influential molecules in modern ...

We live in a nation of needless pain, where tens of millions suffer daily despite the existence of effective treatments. Yet ...

We are living through a paradox in modern medicine: widespread pain, yet shrinking access to the most effective relief. As policymakers restrict certain treatments, millions of patients are ...

Nuclear power: it's safe, sustainable and reliable—arguably the best energy source humanity has ever developed. Yet most ...

Life expectancy has long symbolized human progress, but what happens when that progress slows down or even reverses? Despite ...

Given that the evidence of glyphosate being a health concern for humans ranges from scant for occupational exposure to none ...

A group of (mostly NIH) scientists just published a Nature paper on a drug called DFNZ—a highly potent nitazene opioid that, ...

Should men dab their peenies after peeing? It's going crazy on Instagram, so ACSH better cover it. Good thing it's April Fool ...

Drug policy and microbiology might seem like completely different worlds. But both are shaped by the same evolutionary ...