Homeschooling parents find creative ways to fulfill dissection requirements for biology classes, including ordering supplies ...

Thank you, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, for your efforts toward education reform, including parental ...

The aorta is a main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of the body. The blood it carries is rich in oxygen, and your body relies on it for survival. The aorta is about an inch ...

New insights into spontaneous coronary artery dissection—a devastating cause of heart attacks in young, healthy patients—were ...

The aorta is a major blood vessel carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body. As the heart pumps blood, it first enters the aorta and is then delivered via connecting vessels to the rest of ...

The aorta is the main artery of the human body. Its large structure is key to maintaining the vital function of pumping oxygenated blood around the whole body. Aortic ...

An aortic dissection happens when tears appear in the inner lining of the aorta, which is the main artery leaving the heart. Blood surges into the tears, causing the aorta lining to split, or dissect.

Since then, Bishop has undergone two open-heart surgeries at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with her latest procedure being done by Kyle Eudailey, M.D., at the UAB Medicine Cardiovascular ...

Illustration of a dissection in Fasciculus Medicinae (first published 1491, edition from 1495) (courtesy the New York Academy of Medicine) In a series for the first day of each month, Hyperallergic is ...

Students at a New Jersey high school can virtually dissect the human body, thanks to the purchase of cutting edge technology that is typically available only to medical students. Cadaver dissection is ...