In pursuit of an hourglass figure, some patients (and their plastic surgeons) are exploring a dramatic new frontier in body contouring.

A new study found that during extreme endurance efforts like running a marathon, the brain may temporarily break down its own insulation to use as an emergency energy source.

Your kidneys are positioned below your rib cage on both sides of your spine. Because of the location of the kidney and the types of nerves involved, kidney pain may feel like it is coming from another ...

From a pinprick to a warm breeze, every sensation you perceive begins its journey along this ascending sensory pathway. For the first time, scientists have recreated the entire human nervous system’s ...

THE third part of Professor Walmsley's “Manual of Practical Anatomy “is devoted to the dissection of the head and neck, for which a period of about ten weeks is suggested. The usual order of ...

The data convincingly show that the transcription factor Sp1 regulates ephrin-mediated axon guidance in the spinal cord. Although the authors show that Sp1 and its co-activators p300 and CBP are ...

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems ...

Eve Harlow and Rochelle Aytes stopped by TV Fanatic to talk about the upcoming twists on Watson. Check out the exclusive ...

The study provides two important contributions, by convincingly showing that tactile acuity on the breast is poor in comparison to other body parts, and that acuity is worst in larger breasts, ...

We asked physical therapists for a list of the common causes of back pain in cyclists and what they can do about it. While ...

Dr. Jeff Lehmen, a spine surgeon at SSM St. Mary's Hospital, said this assumption could be a sign of lumbar disk herniation, ...

As a beauty editor for nearly four years, I never gave much thought to the types of body washes I use. But after moving to New York from Florida, I noticed my skin became more reactive to seasonal ...