Alternative medicine

It's premature to call the compound, alpha-ketoglutarate, an antiaging drug, but it has been found to extend the longevity of C. elegans by 50 percent

Editors note: Matty Litwack will be appearing live at the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival in New York City May 14-18. One year ago, I thought I was going to die.

A needle-based technique has been shown to switch on nerves that tamp down sepsis

Electroconvulsive therapy is a reasonably safe solution for some severe mental illnesses

The scientific evidence is scant for many of the practice's widely touted benefits

A new marijuana-derived drug may treat epileptic children, without the high

For many conditions, marijuana's effectiveness remains uncertain

A new wearable sensor stores and transmits motion data and delivers drugs

An RNA-based treatment may stop the Ebola virus in its tracks

The ST36 Zusanli () acupuncture point is located just below the knee joint. This spot in mice--and it is hoped perhaps in humans--may be a critical entryway to gaining control over the often fatal inflammatory reactions that accompany systemic infections.

New research suggests that women who survived breast cancer can reduce inflammation and fatigue by regularly practicing hatha yoga

Despite decades of research decoding the influenza virus—and great advances in treating and vaccinating against the disease—this infectious pathogen continues both to surprise and confound us