Health & Science

The Wolverine State has lost its only known wild wolverine.

Quitting smoking can turn back time.

If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off?

Warning to criminals: Rubbing out your fingerprints may no longer be enough. Your germs could still give you away.

In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.

Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.

Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.

Two former astronauts have said they are disappointed with the U.S. government's decision to cancel NASA's moon landing program.

Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.

Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests.

A contentious battle between Asia and the West over the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers overshadowed a United Nations conference that opened Saturday in the Gulf state of Qatar.

The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.

Climate change is here and scientists need to do a better job of explaining it to the public, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.

Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.

People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday.