An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for ...

Researchers have recreated the human ascending sensory pathway in a lab dish, using organoids that model the key brain and ...

Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor Eric Dane announced that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...

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 ...

Achieving success as a medical professional requires more than being a hardworking, compassionate, and knowledgeable ...

The female sex hormone estrogen, along with progesterone, appears to underlie a fundamental difference in how males and ...

In a morgue in New Orleans, bodies stored in freezers at LSU Health Sciences Center have a big job ahead of them: They will ...

The human psyche possesses an undeniable, if sometimes unsettling, fascination with fear. Horror literature, in its myriad ...

But as dermatologists advise, everyone should use a body moisturizer every day to maintain optimal skin health. That’s why, after interviewing four dermatologists, we tested 25 lotions from an ...

Most people have 24 ribs, with 12 on each side of the body. No evidence indicates any difference between males and females. The ribs and rib cage are excellent examples of the human body’s ...

The research was published in Science Advances on 26 March. The study suggests that the postnatal period in the body is much longer than people tend to assume, says Jennifer Hall, who researches ...