Healthy blood cells flow through the spleen no problem. Bada-bing, bada-boom. But the damaged and dead cells get caught in a series of narrow passageways and then get broken down. [COUGHING] So a ...

One reason that tonsils may grow back is that one of the operations to remove them is a partial tonsillectomy. Only removing ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Doctors said Monday that they were pleased about the progress Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was making after a horse riding accident near Columbus on Sunday. Pillen is in the ...

K-9 Aries had surgery to remove his spleen in January and is on track for a 'full recovery,' the department said Sunday.

Dr. Hillman Terzian, a trauma surgeon at Nebraska Medicine, said Pillen sustained seven broken ribs on his left side and a spleen injury which required a procedure to stop internal bleeding.

Occasionally, an injury to the left side of the body can cause the spleen to rupture, leading to pain in the upper left abdomen, dizziness, and an increased heart rate. A ruptured spleen is a ...

Collect tissues using sharp scissors or scalpel blades and mouse-tooth forceps. Handle tissues gently. Grasp and cut samples at the edges, so the areas of interest aren't damaged. At right is a ...

The outline of the spleen is divided into six equal forecast sections, representing the months from January to June. (Matt Howard/CBC) The tradition dates back hundreds of years to rural Sweden ...