Imagine your pillow or mattress came with health warnings. It sounds extreme but scientists say our bedding absorbs our sweat ...

Don't have nightmares, but some horrible creatures come out on to your face at night - and doctors can't agree whether they ...

See Austin's allergy calendar: cedar fever, oak, ragweed and mold timing, plus tips to prepare and ease symptoms before peak days.

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We think we know how our bodies function. We breath, eat, and sleep, using them day in and day out, but there are so many things we don’t actually know. There are new hacks we discover about our ...

Q. Getting rid of dust mites helped me with nighttime nasal congestion. Keeping the humidity in the house under 40 percent is important because dust mites like humidity. I also stay away from ...

Using a laboratory model of the human nose, scientists have investigated why the severity of common-cold infections varies so widely between individuals.

Well, it’snot good news for most people. Some 90% of the population picks their nose — sometimes several times a day. This may seem like a harmless habit, but frequently digging for gold may have dire ...

Life in plastic might be fantastic after all — or at least not as dangerous as we’ve been led to believe. Microplastics are small plastic pieces — less than 5 millimeters long — that typically break ...

A new study helps explain why you get sick from a common cold virus. The secret, it turns out, lies inside your nose. Winter brings a surge of respiratory illnesses, including rhinoviruses, the most ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

Ever been at happy hour and hit those awkward moments where everyone is half-scrolling their phones and half-forcing small ...