Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...

The human body has two types of sweat glands: eccrine and apocrine. While eccrine glands produce a watery, odourless sweat to regulate body temperature, apocrine glands—found mainly in the ...

A female mosquito’s inner workings – particularly its guts and salivary glands – create the perfect environment ... much ...

Q. Do older people have more body odor? A. It seems that seniors do stink more than younger people. Aren’t we lucky? A Japanese study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology ...

Belief is your safe passage—the door through which all healing resides. Why? Because your perception is your reality.

Step into any supermarket or pharmacy, and you'll find aisles brimming with products designed to make you smell "fresh," feel "clean," or somehow achieve a level of "purity" that no human ... glands ...

Leonardo was the first to depict a detailed study of the human spine, showing its natural curvature and correctly numbered ...

This Valentine’s Day, as we exchange stylised hearts in celebration of love, we might pause to remember that the power of the ...

a rare illness that causes the body to produce too much human growth hormone. The disease is often caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland, and brain surgery is the first line of treatment.

A vital pathway for breathing and nourishment is also an object of desire—and one of the body’s most vulnerable parts.

A team of international researchers led by scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, with its National Medical ...