About one in five people living in the U.S. suffer from an anxiety disorder, but it turns out that immune cells, rather than neurons, control your anxiety levels.

It's widely known that breastfeeding impacts the health of both mother and child, but the underlying biology that leads to ...

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell Medicine, and other institutions have uncovered a key biological explanation for why eczema so often starts in ...

Your immune system may be weak if you have frequent, severe, or extended infections. Learn more signs of a weak immune system.

Vitamins and supplements like zinc and cod liver oil are often touted for their ability to boost your immune system, but Jeffrey Bland, the "father of functional medicine," says that's not actually ...

Severe infections requiring hospitalization are associated with a markedly increased long-term IBD risk, with immune-related ...

Women suffer more. But why? A new study points to an immune mechanism that differs between women and men, which may affect the duration of pain after trauma.

Getting enough sleep can help protect you from getting sick. “Sleep is critically important to maintaining a healthy immune system, so we need to sleep enough. We also need to have good timing of our ...

Vitamin C and vitamin D both support immune function in different ways, but neither will prevent you from getting sick on their own. Vitamin C may slightly shorten colds, while vitamin D deficiency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the peak of cold and flu season here, did you know that getting enough sleep can help protect you from getting sick? “Sleep ...