The health of this small organ, which was previously thought to be inactive in adulthood, can be crucial in cancer treatment ...

Imaging studies of more than 27,000 adults link a healthier thymus on CT scans with a longer life and lower risks of ...

Memory loss is often viewed as a brain problem, but the digestive system plays a major role. Research published in Nature shows that age-related bacterial changes disrupt nerve communication, and ...

A growing field of research suggests that some medical treatments, such as cancer therapy or vaccines, might be more ...

Late-night eating may do more than disturb sleep. Expert explains how frequent nighttime meals can strain metabolism and ...

Readers will learn how veterinary oncologists stage and treat canine lymphoma using modern multi-agent chemotherapy and palliative care.

Doctors are increasingly warning that being thin does not always mean being healthy, as growing evidence shows that people with normal body weight can still develop serious metabolic diseases due to ...

Clinicians now see a new trend where people with normal body weight develop metabolic diseases through their hidden visceral fat accumulation.

Low birth weight can increase the risk of kidney disease later in life. Experts explain how neonatal health and nephron development influence lifelong kidney function ...

A new national study evaluating a landmark U.S. transplant policy change finds that efforts to correct the harms of race-based kidney function equations are associated with increased kidney ...

Every time we feel a gentle tap on the skin, specialized nerve cells convert that physical force into an electrical signal ...

“Mini livers” that can be injected into the body to help take over the functions of a failing liver have been created by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). If realized ...