Burning Mouth Syndrome Is Real, and It's Terrifying
The mysterious syndrome is alleviated by sleep.
The mysterious syndrome is alleviated by sleep.
A new British study shows that even little movements can help reduce mortality.
Researchers set up infrared imaging to see how the mosquitoes interact with mosquito nets in the hopes of designing better defenses against the malaria-carrying bugs.
Norovirus infects as many as 21 million people each year—and scientists are building vomiting machines to figure out how it spreads.
Here's the difference $220 million in donations made.
Camp Sundown caters to kids born with a rare disorder that leaves them sensitive to UV rays.
Hogeweyk is home to 150 residents who receive care for dementia and Alzheimer's—without having to give up normal life.
Macrobrachium vollenhovenii is a big name for a little creature, a freshwater prawn found throughout West Africa. Despite its size, the shrimp can have a big impact and could help control a parasitic disease.
Inflammatory diseases are common—and hard to live with. Here are five potential treatment breakthroughs.
A new study finds that fecal bacteria lives longer in sand than in seawater.
Norwegian researchers think chronic fatigue syndrome may be caused by antibodies produced to fight off infection.
Residents of Kalachi, Kazakhstan are falling asleep for days at a time—and no one seems to know why.
What if a condom could tell you everything you needed to know about your partner's sexual history?
A successful vaccination for one of the most common sexually transmitted infections has long eluded scientists. Now, they may have figured out a way to get the treatment to stick.
The 1955 educational film "Sniffles and Sneezes" explores how germs are spread.
Eating brains killed some tribe members, but it helped others evolve a genetic resistance to a prion disease that could be the key to unlocking the mysteries of dementia.