In pursuit of an hourglass figure, some patients (and their plastic surgeons) are exploring a dramatic new frontier in body contouring.

The use of AI in healthcare is experiencing a boon in both drug discovery (a topic for another column) and medical devices.

Unless cadavers can be preserved to look fresh instead of semi-mummified, I don't see any advantage of continuing their use ...

Dr. Lois K. Lee of Boston Children’s Hospital, who was head of the emergency department the day of the Boston Marathon ...

In 1895, when German physics professor Wihelm Röntgen was experimenting with cathode rays, he accidentally discovered what we ...

With falling vaccination rates and outbreaks that have caused more than 580 U.S. cases and at least two deaths, health ...

We fact-check various aspects of two of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting transgender people.

I'm a generally healthy 60-year-old man. Last week, I had some abdominal cramping, and while I was on the toilet, I noted the ...

On the first day of his administration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to ...

The study provides two important contributions, by convincingly showing that tactile acuity on the breast is poor in comparison to other body parts, and that acuity is worst in larger breasts, ...

Krill and shrimp may have vaguely similar body shapes, but they're separated by a world of differences in terms of anatomy ...

We asked physical therapists for a list of the common causes of back pain in cyclists and what they can do about it. While ...