A study reveals heart shape can predict diseases, linking genetics to heart conditions through analysis of 40,000 MRI images.

The right ventricle pumps the blood to the lungs, where the blood releases waste gases and picks up oxygen. The newly oxygen-rich blood (shown in red) returns to the heart and enters the left atrium.

Our lungs are not identical. Our right lung has three lobes, and the left lung only two to make room for our heart. Lungs are ...

Many people do, but the heart is actually located almost in the center of the chest, between the lungs. It's tipped slightly ... During an average lifetime, the human heart will beat more than ...

Regardless of age, certain health conditions, such as heart and lung disease, obesity, asthma, diabetes and kidney disease, ...

An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...

"As her heart and lungs were both affected ... first time that SMS Medical College used a helicopter for transporting human organs.

The number of heart and lung transplants could quadruple thanks to a "reanimation" machine used in a pioneering operation, a hospital says. The device, developed at Royal Papworth Hospital in ...

Pairings like peanut butter and jelly or milk and cereal are iconic. But the concept of creating winning combinations is not limited to the kitchen; it is a fundamental principle driving the ...

Legal experts debate whether Mary is actually a living human being because she does not have a heart or lungs. On the other hand, she does have a separate and functioning brain, so some conclude that ...

This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body. The 3D footage brings ... the use of medical intervention like the heart-lung machine and artificial pace makers.

A new study published by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden explains that the lung develops in a human from the womb ... Higher risk of heart and lung disease Children with reduced lung ...