Of these, 9.3 million cases were in men and 8.8 million in women. The human body consists of trillions of cells. Every day, new cells grow and multiply in a process called cell division.

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But we’ve learned quite a lot of fascinating things about the human body this year, too, in relation to topics ranging from eye and uterus transplants to vitamin D levels and aging. Here are a ...

There’s a technological revolution underway that’s making it faster and easier for scientists to see the molecules that undermine human health — and possibly fight the problem. Scripps ...

For 150 years, 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit was thought to be the average body temperature for a healthy human being. But that number is wrong. “Doctors are no different from anybody else,” says ...