What your ear features reveal about heart health risks. Discover how subtle ear characteristics might indicate potential cardiovascular issues.

Otitis media (or middle ear infection) occurs when the middle ear space, located between the eardrum and the inner ear, becomes inflamed and infected. This can cause pain behind the ear and inside of ...

By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the cells' developmental journey and discover how the inner ear is formed in mice. The discovery, published in ...

Ringing in the ears is caused by a disorder in the auditory system. This can involve the ear, the cochlear nerve that connects the brain and the inner ear, and neurochemicals and areas of the brain ...

The non-invasive method could open new possibilities for diagnosing hearing loss and other ear-related conditions. "Hearing relies on the cochlea, a spiral-shaped organ in the inner ear that ...

This breakthrough could one day allow doctors to detect hearing problems and inner ear diseases with non-invasive tools, something current imaging tech can’t do. The team created a microscopic ...

An upcoming conference is examining the different ways people hear sounds in their heads - from a music earworm, to a loved-ones' voice, to hearing nothing at all. Audio ...

The liver is located in the upper right-hand portion of the abdominal cavity, beneath the diaphragm, and on top of the stomach, right kidney, and intestines. Shaped like a cone, the liver is a dark ...

In the brain, gray matter refers to the darker, outer portion, while white matter describes the lighter, inner section underneath. In the spinal cord, this order is reversed: The white matter is on ...

Sensorineural deafness is mainly caused by damage to the tissues of the inner ear, and hearing impairment has become an increasingly serious global health problem. When the inner ear is abnormally ...

The mechanisms of formation of the distinct sensory organs of the inner ear and the non-sensory domains that separate them are still unclear. Here, we show that several sensory patches arise by ...