MEDICINE

Meet the Gila monster, the largest native lizard in the United States. But watch out for its venomous bites.

Researchers at UCLA are the first to use a new, noninvasive ultrasound technique to "jump-start" the brain of a recovering coma patient from a minimally conscious state to fully conscious.

Some families were so desperate to save their loved ones from a mysterious illness, they were willing to try anything, even exhuming them.

Two researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Boston Children’s Hospital recently designed a contact lens that delivers medication directly to the eye.

Your spit can tell you much more about your health than whether you should be flossing.

The doctors removed LynLee Boemer from her mother's uterus to remove a tumor—then put her back inside. Now she's nearly five months old.

Their condition occurs once in every 2.5 million births.

Proteins called ATIs can trigger symptoms of asthma, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, and more.

Scientists say the brains of malaria-carrying mosquitoes combine smell and taste when considering who to bite.

This year, the Nobel Prize celebrated research on molecular machines, cells' recycling mechanisms, and discoveries about unusual states of matter.

The report comes on the heels of a recently unveiled plan to “punish” fraudulent researchers.

The researchers say they may have found a way to cure the disease completely.