The rib cage protects the organs in the chest, including the lungs and heart. In between the rib bones are the intercostal ...

Ryan Cato was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for savagely beating his girlfriend’s 10-year-old son, Ayden Wolfe, to ...

Your spleen might not get the glory of organs like your heart or brain, but its contributions to your immune system are ...

“The simple act of breathing became so painful as Mr. Burch’s shattered ribs continued to pierce and tear through his organs that his body stopped using his right lung, which shrank to half ...

An autopsy found that he suffered six broken ribs from the incident, which punctured several of his organs and caused massive internal bleeding. Despite asking to be taken to a hospital and ...