When Odysseus, king of Ithaca, sails past the island of the Sirens, he longs to hear their irresistible song. He knows their voices have lured sailors to their death, and that if he listens, he will steer his ship onto the rocks. His solution is clever: he orders his crew to plug their ears ...

Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee. On Friday, vaccine advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to specifically ...

Nerves are funny things. They have unique functions and a specialized metabolism. Because they are able to carry information rapidly, we are able to walk and talk, write and read. But tough they are not, prone to all manner of problems in the face of physically stressful conditions. To put it ...

Autumn, also known as our Fall season in the USA and in Canada, is one of our four great seasons, that is followed by our Winter, Spring, and Summer seasons. Of course, Autumn marks our transition from our Summer season and leads us to our Winter season. Autumn is our season when the ...

Manufacturing engineers are at the forefront of bringing new medicines derived from human sources such as cells, blood and genes to patients. They produce what are often first-of-their-kind biotherapies for diseases that previously had few or no treatment options. “The most interesting ...

By Dr. SHAHAR MADJAR Feeling forgetful? Have an aunt or a grandpa who “isn’t all there”? Many people worry they may have dementia or that they will develop Alzheimer’s disease. What if you could reduce your risk with simple changes to your diet? An August study published in Nature ...