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 ...

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 ...

Vitamin D is vital for health, but too much can be harmful, leading to hypercalcemia. Dr. Eric Berg highlights the Coimbra ...

(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 internal organs were removed from the body of a Georgian man who died while in the custody of separatist authorities in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, prosecutors have told the family.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Agolia Moore was shocked to get a call telling her that her son was found dead in an Alabama prison of a suspected drug overdose. She had spoken to him to earlier that evening ...

Not only can psoriasis affect the skin, but it can have devastating effects that can affect your internal organs. The systemic inflammation inside the body that accompanies the disease is often ...

A cheap, biocompatible white powder that luminesces when heated could be used for non-invasively monitoring the temperature of specific organs within the body. Tohoku University scientists conducted ...

Psoriatic arthritis, a chronic autoimmune condition, links psoriasis with joint inflammation, affecting skin, nails, eyes, ...