Lab Experiments Show Why Wrinkles Form

The struggle to tame wrinkles is an age-old conflict, with people using any number of lotions, creams and treatments to try and smooth their skin.

Now, researchers say they know exactly why skin wrinkles.

“This is no longer just a theory,” senior researcher Guy German, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at B...

You Might Not Need As Many Daily Steps As You Think, Review Argues

Walkers don’t need to march 10,000 steps a day to gain substantial health benefits, a comprehensive new evidence review has concluded.

Instead, getting just 7,000 steps a day appears to be most effective in reducing a person’s risk of death and chronic illness, researchers reported today in The Lancet Public Health.

Pregnant Women Turning To Safer Antiseizure Drugs

More pregnant women are turning to newer and potentially safer antiseizure medications, a new study says.

Older antiseizure drugs like valproate and phenobarbital are known to increase risk of birth defects.

But there’s been a 30% increase in the use of the safest antiseizure drugs during pregnancy, researchers report in the Ju...

Risk Has Doubled For Alcohol Liver Disease

Heavy-drinking Americans are more than twice as likely to develop alcohol-related liver disease compared to two decades ago, even though folks generally imbibe the same amount as before, a new study says.

This is likely because heavy alcohol use has increased among groups with a higher risk for developing liver scarring from hard drinking,...

PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Linked To Type 2 Diabetes

So-called “forever chemicals” could be increasing Americans’ risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study says.

Higher blood levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are associated with a significantly greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the form of the disease most closely tied to obesity, research...