Experts from the University of Nottingham have proven that multiple sclerosis (MS) can successfully be diagnosed using an MRI scan, meaning patients no longer need to undergo a painful lumbar ...

Learn the differences between arteries and veins, the body's two main types of blood vessels, with a focus on their function and structure.

May-Thurner syndrome is a condition that develops when a vein in the pelvis becomes compressed by a nearby artery. Learn more here.

Experts from the University of Nottingham have proven that multiple sclerosis (MS) can successfully be diagnosed using an MRI scan, meaning patients no longer need to undergo a painful lumbar ...

In addition, extreme rotation of the neck may bring the internal jugular vein more anterior to the carotid artery, thus increasing the chances of arterial puncture. [50] ...

Several procedures have been described for blood sampling in laboratory rodents, including puncture of the saphenous vein 1, the translumbar vein 2, the jugular vein 3 or the aorta 4. In rats and ...

Vein puncture failure is a substantial adverse patient outcome and costly for healthcare facilities.

A 12-year-old girl is recovering in hospital in southern China after a boy threw a 15-cm long knife and it penetrated the back of her head, a newspaper reported.

Idaho prison officials will attempt to execute the state’s longest-serving death row inmate next month using new protocols after botching the first attempt.

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences has released the official autopsy for Joe Nathan James Jr., and notes no evidence of a cutdown procedure -- or a way some medical professionals cut into ...