Vital opens on Saturday at the Franklin Institute, and features real human specimens preserved to showcase the inner workings of the human body. The exhibit is returning to the museum and runs from ...

One reason that tonsils may grow back is that one of the operations to remove them is a partial tonsillectomy. Only removing ...

You can check out at any time. More info A double lung transplant recipient, who underwent a further gruelling transplant for a kidney last year, is now hoping to complete his fourth marathon ...

Your heart, lungs, and the upper part of your esophagus (food pipe) are in the thoracic cavity above the diaphragm. Your lower esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, and kidneys are below ...

The pleura (plural: pleurae) is a two-layered membrane that covers the lung. Between the layers is a small amount of lubricating fluid, known as pleural fluid, which helps cushion the lung and reduce ...

where open discussions were held about the procurement of human remains. She came into contact with Jeremy Lee Pauley, 42, who bought a skull, brain, arm, ear, several lungs, hearts, breasts ...

His kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, and corneas were among the five organs that the medical staff at Kamineni Hospital in LB Nagar swiftly harvested when his family decided to donate his organs.

Mercury is a dangerous pollutant. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Mercury exposure at high levels can harm the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs, and immune system of people of all ...

In a recent cleanup drive at 10 police stations in New Delhi's outer district, over 3,000 case items, including human remains ... a case reported in 1990, lungs and kidneys (part of viscera ...

but people can live with one kidney as the doctors explained to us,” Lorraine says. At 13 months, Clodagh had another surgery to remove more cysts, one of which was wrapped around her lung, part of ...

Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital have used baby-rat cells to grow functioning artificial kidneys in a lab, marking an important step toward the ultimate goal of creating human organs ...