The 20-year-old became the first American to top the podium since Sarah Hughes at the 2006 games.

Machado-Joseph disease causes sufferers to struggle with speech and movement as they lose control of their bodies.

Nancy Abdalla was 36 years old and tired of putting her energy into relationships that flamed, fizzled and ultimately got her nowhere closer to what she wanted: a baby. Her girlfriends were having ...

The value of wetlands on the landscape cannot be overstated—they store and filter water, provide wildlife habitat, cool the ...

Scientists at Michigan State University have uncovered the molecular “switch” that powers sperm for their final, high-speed dash toward an egg. By tracking how sperm use glucose as fuel, the team ...

In human cells, DNA carries chemical or "epigenetic" marks that decide how genes will be used in different tissues. Yet in a ...

Bunnie Xo and her husband, country music artist Jelly Roll, are preparing to welcome twins into their family through surrogacy and in vitro fertilization, PEOPLE reports. The 46-year-old model, whose ...

A Central Florida couple is searching for their daughter's genetic parents and their missing embryo after giving birth to a ...

It was likely six years ago when an embryo mix-up happened, resulting in a Florida woman recently giving birth to a baby that is not biologically hers or her partners, according to the couple’s ...

Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other.

A Brevard County couple who got pregnant with IVF in December gave birth to a baby girl who is not their biological child and they are suing the Longwood fertility clinic.