Research on microplastics is still ongoing — but what we know so far is deeply troubling. Researchers uncover alarming issue ...

A man went to the hospital several times with gut pain and a fever — and it turned out that his relatively common symptoms had an unusual cause.

University of Manchester scientists have discovered significant concentrations of microplastics in the male reproductive ...

If you're constantly battling colds, your spleen could be the hidden reason. Discover how this organ affects your immune ...

Youth sports attract scores of participants each year. The National Council of Youth Sports estimates that around 60 million children are registered to play youth sports in the United States.

A paper in Science Signaling last week (April 20) reports that the liver and lungs of rats produce more TNF than the spleen does, but the spleen remains the master regulator, of the liver at least, ...

a protein produced in the liver. Doctors conducted an abdominal X-ray but detected no abnormalities. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the patient's abdomen showed that his kidneys, spleen ...