Their bodies stop one of the key mechanisms of aging—the epigenetic clock—when they’re just four years old. An epigenetic clock estimates an animal’s age based on how life events ...

Access is especially tough for kids in rural areas or whose families don't have a lot of money. Some dentists say a new ...

You can contact her via email: [email protected] A mother's act of solidarity with her young daughter has left the ...

ST. LOUIS — 5 On Your Side's "Let's Paws" segment usually puts animals in the spotlight. But this time it's shining on ...

A 4-year-old girl battling a rare health condition that can only be tended to in the U.S. was finally allowed to stay in the ...

Parents have nagged their daughter for years to take her hygiene seriously; it hasn’t worked.

There is no cure; the best we can do is supportive care and try to limit some of the worst effects. So, please, if a child ...

Mental and physical decline go hand in hand as we age but there are a few simple tasks we can do at home to keep our health ...

A zookeeper demonstrated the daring task of brushing a hippo's teeth during a special event at Osaka Tennoji Zoo in this ...

It started out as a typical day on Florida’s Cortez Beach but then one family vacationing from Michigan got a surprise in the ...

A new Harvard study shows that eliminating water fluoridation would lead to 25.4 million additional decayed teeth over five ...