What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a precise target, through a simple injection in the arm? This may someday help treat deadly or ...

Human heart cells have been coaxed into regenerating for the first time in a breakthrough that could mend failing organs.

Heart health is about more than just the heart itself. It's a two-way street between the heart and the rest of the body. However, many U.S. adults aren't aware of the connection between organs.

The human body has 78 organs, with the brain, heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs considered vital for survival. The article ...

Xenotransplantation is the fusion energy of medicine. As the well-worn joke goes, it is the future—and always will be. But ...

Mr Andrews contacted the medical team at Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH) that had carried out the operation. On January ...

It is a question that feels like it should have a straightforward answer: how many senses do humans have? Growing up, most of us learned that there are five main senses – sight, smell, hearing, taste, ...

The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over millions of years. It comprises an axial skeleton, which consists of the skull and the spine, as well as an ...

An academic with Trinity College Dublin (TCD), has expressed surprise that officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and staff from the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) ...

Holidaymakers were left shocked after the discovery of a human foot that had washed up on a popular tourist beach in Ibiza last week, local reports say. The foot was found by a beachgoer who was ...

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When you read about something or see it on TV, the (lack of) context might leave you guessing — or even worse, misinterpreting — the details. Luckily, r/HumanForScale solves that problem. Every ...