If you're one of the 40 percent of the population who suffer from aviophobia (fear of flying), it may soothe your nerves to ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Against a backdrop of historical neglect and a ...

The symptoms: The woman visited the emergency room with severe cramps and muscle pain, primarily in her back, abdomen and thighs. She also reported having a headache and feeling anxious. Her pulse, ...

You might have heard of Lise Meitner. A native of Austria, she was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany. She also helped discover nuclear fission. Yet the 1944 Nobel Prize ...

María Eugenia Fumagalli, R&D and innovation director, discusses how Ontex drives advances in product innovation in the private label personal hygiene space. MEF: Go for it! If you’re passionate about ...

There are over 38 million people with diabetes in the U.S. They owe their treatment to the pioneering work of Gerty Cori, and her husband. Although strongly admonished that she was impeding her ...

As we journey backward through the portals of time, long before the birthing of modern scientific thought, it becomes increasingly difficult to locate women whose contributions were noteworthy. One ...

As far as nicknames go, the moniker "Mad Madge" would not suggest that Margaret Cavendish enjoyed the full respect of her ...

Diversity in teaching and STEM is not just about who stands at the front of the classroom, but about who kids believe they ...

"What is the hard evidence, beyond anecdote and suspicion, that unconscious bias impacts on women's careers? Increasing numbers of studies show, in many different guises, just how potent such bias can ...