The bodies of two men who died while incarcerated in Alabama's prison system were missing their hearts or other organs when returned to their families, a federal lawsuit alleges. The family of Brandon ...

Most of us think little of why we feel pleasantly full after eating a big holiday meal, why we start to cough after accidentally inhaling campfire smoke, or why we are hit with sudden nausea after ...

A study published in Nature provides insight into how the brain processes sensory information from the internal organs. Researchers at Harvard Medical School used high-resolution imaging to identify ...

The family of an Alabama inmate who died within the prison system said all of his internal organs were missing when his body was returned to them, the second such claim brought against the state’s ...

A small ultrasound sticker, worn on the skin, can monitor the stiffness of organs deep inside the body. The sensor could detect signs of disease such as liver and kidney failure, and the progression ...

A research team led by Félix Viana, co-director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint research center of the Spanish National Research ...

The male reproductive system refers to the bodily systems responsible for sexual function in males. It consists of external and internal structures responsible for the formation, storage, and ...

A girl who died while vacationing in India was missing her internal organs when her body was returned to Britain, according to her parents who fear she may have been the victim of the illegal trade in ...

(CBS) - On January 11, 2013, 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead inside a rolled-up wrestling matin his Valdosta, Ga. high school gym. Authorities called his death a freak accident, saying he ...

During the approximately 40 weeks of pregnancy, a woman's body undergoes some significant changes. As the fetus grows, it occupies more and more space inside the mother. This is the cause of the ...

If you've ever attempted to stick a butterfly bandage to freshly sanitized skin—or, say, tried to tape together a beach ball covered in salty ocean water—you know the limitations of adhesives. Water ...