Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the ...

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 ...

There is new hope for patients with a rare autoimmune disorder. In mild cases, scleroderma causes areas of hardened skin. But in severe cases, it can also cause deadly hardening of internal organs ...

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 ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Implantable electronic devices range from sensors, gastric and cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, to deep brain, nerve, and bone stimulators. These devices are ...

The body often communicates onset of diseases and damage to internal organs but these warning signals are at times overlooked or misunderstood. The human body is a complex network of systems made up ...

The idea of using the body's own organs as mini bioreactors to grow replacement tissue or even regenerate other organs might sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but it's already ...