According to a study, slight movement of the chest can act as a natural shock absorber for the spine. This discovery calls ...

It’s winter of my freshman year the first time I touch a dead body. The face is covered. The limbs are stiff. The air is ...

It may have a silly name, but this simple device made a significant difference in my bowel health and comfort.

This documentary series about the Grey's Anatomy writer who faked having cancer is almost too shocking to be believed.

A British study published in the European Journal of Sport Science ... researchers at the University of Portsmouth have revealed an unexpected phenomenon: slight movement of the chest during running ...

A budding hospital romance goes one layer deeper as the doctors discover they have one more thing in common: crappy fathers.

A standard CT scan delivers doses of ionizing radiation, which can vary widely depending on the type of scan. While one scan ...

A new expert opinion document jointly released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) presents a ...

WASHINGTON—A new expert opinion document jointly released by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and the Society of ...

The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen ... A healthy person can have some minor variations in the diaphragm's anatomy. For example, the left or right side may ...

The lumbar region is located between the thoracic (chest) region of the spine and the sacrum ... Understanding the basic anatomy of the five lumbar bones that make up your low back can help you get ...