Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...

The family of an Alabama inmate who died within the prison system said all of his internal organs were missing when his body was returned to them, the second such claim brought against the state’s ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

Most of us think little of why we feel pleasantly full after eating a big holiday meal, why we start to cough after accidentally inhaling campfire smoke, or why we are hit with sudden nausea after ...

A small ultrasound sticker, worn on the skin, can monitor the stiffness of organs deep inside the body. The sensor could detect signs of disease such as liver and kidney failure, and the progression ...

Share on Pinterest Research in mice suggests that keto diets may accelerate organ aging. Image credit: Susan Brooks-Dammann/Stocksy. Scientists recently researched mice to see what impact ketogenic ...

A recent news report out of Kentucky revealed a slim but pointed risk regarding organ donation, one that underscores a key Church teaching about how the process of gifting one’s organs must play out.

Researchers found that cold is detected differently in the skin than in internal organs. This split system helps explain why ...

Cold does not feel the same on your fingertips as it does deep in your chest, and new research shows that this is not just a ...

MIT engineers have developed a small ultrasound sticker that can monitor the stiffness of organs deep inside the body. The sticker, about the size of a postage stamp, can be worn on the skin and is ...

You know that slouched position you fall into when you’re working at your computer, scrolling your phone, or binge-watching Netflix? That rounded shoulders, forward head, compressed chest posture that ...