The immune system function declines with age, but a team of MIT researchers may have found a way to rejuvenate it. When older ...

Conventional wisdom has held for some time that children who grow up in environments rich with biodiversity—farms, homes with ...

For decades, aging has looked like an unavoidable slide into frailty, driven in part by an immune system that slowly loses ...

Your immune system is your body’s built-in defense network, working nonstop to protect you from bacteria, viruses, and other ...

In a first-of-its-kind human trial, researchers have demonstrated that consciously activating the brain’s reward system (when ...

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...

Pancreatic cancer may evade the immune system not by accident but by actively switching off internal danger signals through ...

Salmon, love it or hate it, it is one of the few foods that provides vitamin D. Vitamin D plays a significant role in ...

The link between nutrition and the immune system does exist, and the state of the intestinal microbiota plays a key role in ...

Elderberry supplements are often touted for immune support, but how might it help you fight infection or reduce inflammation.

Scientists have long observed that cancer patients have a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. New research reveals a possible ...

As the temperature drops and sniffles start making their rounds, we’re all thinking about ways to strengthen our immunity: vitamin C, hand sanitizer, maybe a flu shot. But while you’re focused on ...