Though the NHS recommends most adults consider taking vitamin D until around March as daylight hours shrink, the service also noted: “There’s little evidence that supplements such as vitamin C, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regulatory T cells (red) interact with other immune cells (blue) and modulate immune responses. National Institute of Allergy and ...

We're officially in respiratory virus season, and it's expected to last through mid-May. There are ways to protect against viruses like Covid-19, influenza and RSV naturally. Mandy Gaither explains ...

We often think about our immune system when a breakdown happens—AKA the sniffles start. Sick happens, and nothing can prevent anyone from never, ever coming down with an illness. However, it is ...

Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...

Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, where they play critical roles in our health and biology; they can help us break down food, absorb nutrients; and they affect the immune ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers are studying the potential of gold nanoparticles (yellow dots) to deliver drugs into the body. Veronika Sapozhnikova, ...

There’s a lot of truth to the adage “food is medicine.” While medications are certainly important and necessary, there is a direct relationship between diet and immune health. Nutrients both directly ...

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...

The winter can seem like a bleak season for fresh produce, especially fruit. It's difficult to picture anything other than hearty winter squash and evergreen trees surviving the frigid season. While ...

From your digestive system to sleep, here are the overlooked signals that indicate your health could be struggling ...

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body's own healthy cells. This careful equilibrium is ...