In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development ... the renal arteries (which supply the kidneys), the ...

Many body organs are near the diaphragm. Your heart, lungs, and the upper part of your esophagus (food pipe) are in the thoracic cavity above the diaphragm. Your lower esophagus, stomach, intestines, ...

Kidneys are the silent workers of the body. These organs filter out waste, balance fluids, and keep essential minerals in check. But many times, their health is unknowingly pushed to the edge ...

Florey researchers, in collaboration with practicing clinicians who routinely care for heart surgery patients, have developed ...

Understanding and categorizing the various types of tubulointerstitial responses in acute kidney injury (AKI) may lead to the ...

By Dr. Makayla Nelson and Dr. Katherine Donaldson University of Kentucky Almost half of adults in America — or about 108 ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis.

WASHINGTON — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a ...

An Alabama woman is back on dialysis after receiving a groundbreaking pig kidney transplant that her body later rejected. When Towana Looney completed her surgery in November, it was considered a ...