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Researchers have long thought that snail and clam shells found at Caribbean archaeological sites were evidence of ‘starvation food’ eaten in times when other resources were lacking. Now, a study suggests these shells may be evidence of children helping with the grocery shopping — AD 400 style.

Advanced paternal age increases the risk in offspring of early-onset schizophrenia, a severe form of the disorder, according to a new study.

Parents may often feel like they are not ‘on the same wavelength’ as their kids. But it turns out that, at least for babies, their brainwaves literally sync with their moms when they are learning from them. In a new study, researchers found that how well babies’ neural activity syncs with their moms’ predicts how well they learn social cues about new toys.

A smartphone device could help millions of people avoid drinking water contaminated by arsenic.

In healthy adults, RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, feels like the common cold with a runny nose, chest congestion and cough. However, it is the second leading cause of death in infants.

A frontline chemotherapy drug given to patients with pancreatic cancer is made less effective because similar compounds released by tumor-associated immune cells block the drug’s action.

Patients with severe aortic stenosis who have no symptoms may benefit more from an aggressive strategy of early valve replacement than from a conservative watch-and-wait approach, according to new research.

New work repurposing one of the oldest known reagents for amyloid looks to help provide a clearer picture of how fibrils come together.

Rockland County’s move to limit the movement of unvaccinated minors is its latest effort to fight New York State’s worst measles outbreak in decades.

Rockland County’s move to limit the movement of unvaccinated minors is its latest effort to fight New York State’s worst measles outbreak in decades.