Dr Nazila explained that obstructed tear duct the occurs when the drainage pathway from the eyelids to the nose becomes blocked, preventing tears from draining normally and causing them to back up and ...

I have a blocked tear duct which causes my eyes to water a lot. The doctor has told me that the only options I have are to put up with it or have surgery to unblock it, which he says is painful and is ...

You might think that the human body has many holes, but that number shrinks when you stop to consider what counts as a hole.

The procedure of endoscopic removal of stone and blockage from the bile duct, followed by placement of Common Bile Duct (CBD) stent, widely practised in leading medical institutions and private ...

Jhomiel Brown told the court that Shah Powell beat him with metal poles, bit him, and burned him with cigarettes. While he ...

Tears seem simple, but the tiny glands that produce them are among the least understood organs in the human body. By growing miniature human tear glands in the lab and coaxing them to “cry,” ...

A woman who had the wrong body part removed by her surgeon is lodging a police complaint after the NHS destroyed vital evidence needed for a public inquiry. Disgraced Dr Sam Eljamel was head of ...

A health board who destroyed 40 theatre logbooks of a disgraced surgeon at the centre of a public inquiry has been reported to police by two of his victims. NHS Tayside, who employed consultant Sam ...

AI may soon help analyze and diagnose patients—but experts say it can't measure up to an experienced provider's intuition. Researchers observed in a study published in 2023 that the intuitive judgment ...

Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Grey poop can be caused by liver issues ...

All animals produce tears in some form or another, but did you know that humans are amongst the only species to produce tears because of our emotions? Babies use their tears as a form of communication ...