The celebrity-endorsed scan might save your life and detect a hidden cancer. Or it might start a spiral of anxiety.

Michael Tanzi, a convicted killer, was executed by lethal injection in Florida on Tuesday for the 2000 murder of Janet Acosta ...

Scientists want to make a real-life Frankenstein's lab to create 'spare' bodies for use in medical trials and as a source of organs for transplants.

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How is that an admission? Well, your guess is as good as ours. But the morbid rumor has been floating around the internet for almost a decade now, so it has managed to sustain some major traction.

Enter the morbid yet fascinating world of postmortem ... These experiences included feelings of separation from the body, a sense of moving toward a destination, and a re-evaluation of life ...

“We received many bodies and body parts, most of them children and women,” Dr. Mohammed Qishta, who was at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, said in a recording to Doctors Without Borders, or MSF. “The ...

Muscle atrophy is a significant concern, as their bodies have adjusted to an environment where movement requires little effort. This loss of strength was evident when the astronauts had to be ...

Sarah Blackburn's decision to get a full-body MRI revealed a life-threatening aneurysm, leading to a life-altering surgery Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Your ideal body fat percentage can depend on your age, sex, and activity level. Tracking movement and calories can help determine your body’s healthiest weight. No number is a complete picture ...

Dr. Ariel Ekblaw, founder of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative, said the astronauts bodies have changed while in space and they will have to retrain to Earth's gravity. "When you're living in a ...