Health and Medicine

Disease-carrying fleas abound on New York City’s rats

In the first study of its kind since the 1920s, rats in New York City were found to carry a flea species capable of...

BPA exposure linked to autism spectrum disorder

A newly published study is the first to report an association between bisphenol-A (BPA), a common plasticizer used in a variety of consumer food...

Well: Snip, Snap, Slurp: Misophonia Makes Them Unbearable

After an essay about misophonia, Well readers chimed in about the noises they can't stand to hear. ...read more

Well: Snip, Snap, Slurp: Misophonia Makes Them Unbearable

After an essay about misophonia, Well readers chimed in about the noises they can't stand to hear. ...read more

Well: Snip, Snap, Slurp: Misophonia Makes Them Unbearable

After an essay about misophonia, Well readers chimed in about the noises they can't stand to hear. ...read more

New research aims to refine increasingly popular plastic surgery procedures: Buttock augmentation and vaginal rejuvenation surgery

Two of the fastest-growing plastic surgery procedures are gluteoplasty or "butt augmentation," to improve the appearance of the buttocks; and labiaplasty to address cosmetic...

Is ‘the dress’ white and gold or blue and black? Visual perception expert weighs in

On Feb. 26, a picture of a cocktail dress originally uploaded to the blog Tumblr swept the Internet and managed to divide the population...

Colon + septic tank = unique, at times stinky, study

What do a human colon, septic tank, copper nanoparticles and zebrafish have in common? They were the key components used by researchers to study...

Reducing animal testing for skin allergies

The JRC has validated and recommended a new method which is not based on animal testing, to identify chemicals that can trigger skin allergies,...

Well: Lowering Diabetes Risk After Pregnancy

About half of women with gestational diabetes eventually develop Type 2 diabetes, but lifestyle changes and metformin can reduce the chances.