Many times over my career I've been asked to explain just what the spleen does. It's an interesting little organ about the size of a fist (four to five inches long, three inches wide, and about and ...

, we asked two doctors at University Hospital in Newark - one of the state's three Level One trauma units - about spleen injuries. Adam Fox is a trauma surgeon, while Gregory Sugalski is medical ...

The Jets entered the bye week with hope. They exited with the realization that “best case” means something totally different than “most likely.” Quarterback Sam Darnold still hasn’t received medical ...

The agent for Al Harris told several media outlets in Wisconsin on Monday that the Green Bay Packers cornerback suffered a torn spleen in Sunday night's loss to the Dallas Cowboys and is likely out ...

The splenic flexure is a part of your colon, or your large intestine, where it bends near your spleen, an organ that mainly filters your blood. It's also the place where many blood vessels come ...

Indian cricket team's(ICU) at a Sydney hospital after suffering internal bleeding from a rib cage injury during the third match against Australia. The injury occurred while taking a catch to dismiss ...

Summer’s here--and so are 101 reminders that the season is filled with peril. In the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter, one reads of the stings of jellyfish and Portuguese men-of-war and the itchy eruptions ...

BOSTON (CBS) --- Did you pay attention in human anatomy class? If not, the students at Harvard Medical School have a quick refresher for you. It's a music video titled "What Does The Spleen Do?" and ...

It's the stuff of nightmares: Someone goes in for an operation and a fatal mistake is made. It wasn't the first time a similar error was made by the surgeon ...

, we asked two doctors at University Hospital in Newark - one of the state's three Level One trauma units - about spleen injuries. Adam Fox is a trauma surgeon, while Gregory Sugalski is medical ...