Full-body scans are making headlines for potentially catching diseases early, but some doctors urge caution. Here's what you ...

We hope you'll never need to know this—but in case symptoms of a hernia ever creep up, a Cleveland Clinic surgeon reveals ...

Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than one million hernia surgeries are performed each year.

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An "unprecedented view" of how the body changes during and after pregnancy has revealed many long-lasting impacts on the ...

Often compared to a computer, the body's most complex organ operates using a code of electrical and chemical signals. These signals transmit through wires, nodes and networks to process and store ...

The gruesome discovery was made in a pile of rubbish behind a hotel on the outskirts of Daund, India, with local hospitals ...

After being diagnosed with rectal cancer, Iona Woolmington learned she needed an ileostomy. Her experience led her to write ...

Live presenter Gethin Jones was left feeling confused after he was corrected about his health condition by medical professional Dr Xand van Tulleken ...

Live star Gethin Jones was left stunned after a doctor corrected him about his health live on air as he presented the ...

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

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