Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

Yet, for all its aesthetic and expressive potency, the neck is also a site of fear and deep vulnerability. Villains and ...

Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH The navel, also known as the belly button or umbilicus, is a small, round, or ...

It was 1974, and as a student in Alpena Community College’s nursing program, every spare hour was spent studying. I was completely immersed in the complexities of the human body and the incredible way ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman has become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant and is thriving after two months.

A path to a more capable warfighter "Each red blood cell stays in the blood for about four months, and it accesses pretty much every organ in the body," said Samir Mitragotri, a professor of ...

can improve how organs in the nervous system, cardiovascular system and gastrointestinal systems recover and improve. “Since alcohol can affect the absorption and utilization of vitamins and nutrients ...

To devise a strategy against cancer, the authors took a cue from a challenge facing people who receive organ transplants: the human immune ... to assess whether the body’s typical immune ...

(Bloomberg) -- Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone ... and the state of their organs. It may also limit the ...

The team said their study showed vast numbers of particles end up absorbed by intestinal cells and, from there, pass into the bloodstream and around the human body. “The biological interaction ...

SAN ANTONIO — Authorities in Medina County, with help from state investigators, are trying to find out what happened to an older man found dead Sunday night in Devine, a small community of about ...