Science

Considering a cholesterol-lowering statin to prevent a heart attack? Deciding who's a good candidate requires calculating more than a simple…

People who toil away in physically demanding jobs may find that aches and pains follow them into retirement, limiting daily…

Certain types of weight loss surgery may weaken bones, increasing the risk of breaks, according to a recent study from…

More Chinese cities are issuing their first red alerts for pollution in response to forecasts of heavy smog, after the…

Google and Ford Motor Co are in talks about forming a partnership to develop autonomous car technology, a person briefed…

For women in midlife, risk factors for heart disease and diabetes tend to become more common, and social factors may…

Bagged or boxed, brown or powdered, Americans are buying markedly less sugar this year, a trend nowhere more noticeable than…

A new class of blood thinners that competes with widely used warfarin should get a boost next year when an…

Google, part of Alphabet Inc, is building a new mobile messaging application to better compete with rival services such as…

Google and Microsoft had their virtual eyes on Santa Claus and his gift-laden sleigh on Thursday. Each of the rival technology…