The patches seem to work by “supporting dopamine and serotonin production” and you just stick them on your skin like a ...

Nicotine is much less harmful than the tobacco that naturally contains it. It has never been found to cause cancer. Nor does it cause other smokers’ diseases such as emphysema. But it is, of course, ...

Professional athletes have long used nicotine to prepare for games. Now everyday gym-goers are using it to amp up their ...

Aditi Garg: Place your left hand on the abdomen, your right hand on the chest. Sit comfortably. And then as we breathe in, we ...

Learn the combined causes of a slipped disc (herniated or prolapsed disc)—from age-related degeneration to poor posture and ...

Fast, discreet and trending: caffeine pouches promise energy on demand. But here’s why they could be riskier than they might ...

UCLA's researchers go low-tech to plead their case to the public with poster boards and props. The Trump administration has ...

Brian W. Stone does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

As a new report scotches the idea there’s a ‘safe’ level of alcohol intake, Polly Vernon reveals why experts she talked to ...

When young children come across their parents’ stash, many help themselves, unaware that the candy is tainted.

Flavored drinks without sugar can be perceived as sweet—and now researchers know why. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Nature Communications, reveals that the ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You probably think you’re listening to my voice right now. But what if I told you that you’re actually experiencing a ...