Recent analysis of an Ancient Egyptian mummy held at the Smithsonian Institution for over a century yielded a surprise: an almost fully-developed fetus inside the mummy's chest cavity. Francine ...

This undated illustration of a human heart shows how surgery removes a protective barrier from the organ, causing it to adhere to other tissues. The second image shows how a gel can be sprayed on the ...

Fifty-year-old psychologist Dennis Deer’s lungs were failing, scarred by a rare inflammatory condition called polymyositis. Despite carrying supplemental oxygen, the Cook County Commissioner for the ...

Vadodara: Surgeons in the city achieved a near impossible task by removing a massive tumour weighing 1.5 kg from the chest cavity of a seven-year-old child. The tumour lay behind the heart and left ...