For 6 years, a college cross-country skier experiened pain that kept her from school and skiing. Finally, she was diagnosed ...

Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

People's bodies can be old or young for their chronological age, depending, in part, on the amount and types of stressors ...

AbdomenAtlas also serves as a benchmark that allows other research groups to evaluate the accuracy of their medical ...

Subepithelial lesions (SLEs) are often detected incidentally during endoscopic examination. They represent a heterogeneous ...

The average amount, 4,800 micrograms per gram of microplastics in brain tissue, was found to be equivalent to the amount found in a standard plastic spoon, according to the study. MORE ...

Tissue engineering is a set of methods that can replace or repair damaged or diseased tissues with natural, synthetic, or semisynthetic tissue mimics. These mimics can either be fully functional ...

What place do stories of romance and marriage have in the pages of a newspaper? Join this conversation with the Vows writer Rosalie R. Radomsky by Feb. 14 to find out. By The Learning Network A ...

The various divisions of the Biblical books are of rather recent origin. The Jews divided their sacred books into sections. The chapter division, as found in the Bible today, dates from the ...

The transversus abdominis (TA) muscle is the deepest of the abdominal muscles. It extends between the ribs ... The inguinal ligament is a thin strap of connective tissue that extends from the front of ...

Both conditions promote the development of associated metabolic diseases such as insulin resistance. The visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a site that becomes dysfunctional during obesity and aging, ...