The chronic misuse and abuse of medicines is a growing global problem. Is there a root cause, and does the problem have a solution?

Hippocrates has been quoted as saying, “Let food be your medicine and your medicine be your food.” So what foods do qualify as health-promoting?

A compromised immune system is a poor defense. Building it requires healthy habits: get plenty of sleep and exercise, manage stress and eat well.

Even a creature as mundane as a cow responds to proper, respectful treatment, as Ted Forrest Fansher showed many decades ago.

National Geographic writer and explorer Dan Buettner’s, The Blue Zones, is his attempt to find out what it takes to achieve the aim of a long and prosperous life.

DDT had no practical use until Paul Hermann Müller, a chemist working in Basel, Switzerland, discovered that it was an effective contact insecticide.

Early in stem cell research, scientists believed that differentiated body cells could not be coaxed back to a stem-like state. This belief has been turned on its head, offering hope for more healthy aging.

Survey finds that teens who have seen their parents drunk are more than twice as likely to get drunk themselves in a typical month.

Researchers are investigating an array of biochemical fixatives that propose to increase longevity.

In his semi-retirement from a long career focusing on outer space, scientist Robert Nathan is focusing on how humans can extend their life on earth.