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 ...

Influenza is a highly contagious viral infection that affects the respiratory system. Although often dismissed as a seasonal ...

Sterling High School students are using a tool of technology to peel back the layers of the human body for an up close and intimate view of human anatomy. An anatomage table is an interactive virtual ...

The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.

"Who are you?" This question, in its many variations, is almost inevitable in school applications, job interviews or introspective moments. We spend years, perhaps our entire lives, unraveling the ...

Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues ...

This article KS Uplabdh Gopal, associate fellow, Health Initiative, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) New Delhi ...

Belief is your safe passage—the door through which all healing resides. Why? Because your perception is your reality. Believing in the science of TMS ( tension myositis syndrome) sends a message of ...

George Washington died after his physician treated his sore throat with bloodletting, but don't let that stop you from ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples ...

One reason that tonsils may grow back is that one of the operations to remove them is a partial tonsillectomy. Only removing ...

In a study being published today in Cell, the scientists present a method that can simultaneously identify, through testing a stool sample, all the proteins in the intestine – including those from ...