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Another cold snap is approaching.

Weight-loss injections have rapidly moved from specialist clinics to social media feeds and high-street pharmacies.

With dieting, we usually think of smaller portions and periods of fasting, but new research shows that there is a way to stick to standard meal sizes, or even eat more, while still substantially cutting the number of calories you take in.

Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3 am and wonder if something's wrong.

In an early clinical trial, a single dose of a short-acting psychedelic drug led to rapid improvement in people with major depressive disorder.

NEW YORK (AP) - The first solar eclipse of the year will grace Antarctica, and only a lucky few will get to bask - or waddle - in its glow.

Researchers have found compelling evidence that depression points to the development of Parkinson's disease or Lewy body dementia later in life, with depressive symptoms often appearing several years before signs of a neurological condition.

We've seen dream engineering in blockbuster movies like Christopher Nolan's Inception, and a new study shows that the science-fiction-style idea may be much closer to science fact than we realized.

Around the world, sea levels are rising.

An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20.