You could just be short on sleep, or you could have a vitamin deficiency (or something else entirely!). Vitamin D is talked about a lot because it affects so many parts of the body. “Vitamin D plays a ...

A human body functions depends on Earth's gravity, hence the weightlessness of space can have noticeable affects on it, which ...

Autopsies play a starring role on CSI, Bones, and many other prime-time dramas about medicine and forensics. They may very ...

The patient was also the first person in the world to survive with the total artificial heart for over 100 days.

Partial heart transplants provide a range of lifesaving options for children with complex congenital heart conditions, and can lead to a domino effect of life-saving procedures.

Scientists have been testing how heat affects our hearts for years. But here's the thing: the most commonly used method might ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

Playing all the characters in an update of Chekhov, the Irish actor turns what could be merely a stunt into a tour de force.

The man, who was in his 40s and suffering from severe heart failure, was also the first person to leave the hospital with a titanium heart. He is recovering well after getting a new, donor heart ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy and a condition that severely ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart The titanium BiVACOR total artificial heart was invented by Queensland-born Dr Daniel Timms, and it is a rotary blood pump that can mimic the human heart. The device ...

Recent findings suggest that memories are stored in the body, not just the brain. Does that mean our "self" is too?