Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

Cancer is a disease that causes abnormal cells to reproduce and spread to other parts of the body, which can result in tumors or damage to the immune system that may become fatal. Healthy cells follow ...

In order to understand something, it helps to observe it up close and study its inner workings. This is no less true for the brain, whether it is the brain of a mouse, that of a whale, or the squishy ...

It happens to all of us, and usually far sooner than we expect: You suddenly find that every time you get in or out of a chair, there's a veritable chorus of sounds from both your joints and your own ...

Vitamins are organic molecules that are essential for the body to function properly. Not only are they pivotal to cell growth but also their development and function. Harvard Health lists fruits, ...

The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges. Far from being a ...