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Viewers were concerned that the reality TV star struggled to breathe in her ultra-tight corset while posing on the red carpet
The so-called ‘thumb-palm’ test may tell if you are at risk of a ballooning artery. But the evidence is far from certain.
World’s oldest living conjoined twins – Lori and George Schappell – have died aged 62.
Changes to the voice could signal ill health. An anatomist explains.
Feelings of failure, guilt, grief and despair are common, our study shows. But there is support.
Chronic UTIs come back repeatedly or never fully go away despite treatment.
Men will go to almost any length to increase their length. Mostly with disastrous consequences.
Regular erections help to maintain the potency suggests a new study in mice.
Oral contraceptives modify the menstrual cycle. What’s less well known is that they also reach the brain, particularly the regions important for regulating emotions.
An anatomist explains why turbulence on flights makes us feel so ill and disoriented.
From body snatching to Photoshop and virtual reality, the techniques of medical illustration have evolved. But its essential role in showing clinicians how to care for the body continues today.
The much understudied fascia – our body’s own version of Spanx – is now coming under increasing scientific scrutiny.
People have been shot with their own guns inside these giant magnets.
Montréal is home to one of the world’s largest brain banks, the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank, where discoveries about different neurological and psychiatric diseases are made.
An intact fly was recently found inside a man’s colon. It joins a long list of odd things found inside the human body.
Why the speed of fast bowling in cricket seems to have stalled.
Most states permit government officials to donate unclaimed bodies to medical schools, with no legal requirement for prior approval from the deceased or their next of kin.
Your faithful companion sees the world differently than you do, but it’s a mistake to assume dogs only see black, white and shades of grey.
Since the time of Hippocrates, doctors have looked at patients hands for signs of ill health.
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