The human body has 78 organs, with the brain, heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs considered vital for survival. The article ...

Skin is the body's largest organ and, along with hair, nails, and skin-associated nerves and glands, is part of the integumentary system, according to the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This ...

Skin is “exquisitely sensitive” to climate and ecological changes, said Louise Andersen, the cochair of the International Society of Dermatology Committee on Climate Change and a dermatologist at ...

The vagus nerve sprawls from the brain through the body, innervating our organs and managing life support and emotion. Sally Caulwell for Quanta Magazine The original version of this story appeared in ...

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear. It is late at ...