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Your Organs Start Aging Faster When You Reach This Age

On some level, we all know that each day is one step closer to our inevitable end, but you might not know that there's an age ...

How to measure your body fat percentage — and what's considered healthy

A healthy body fat percentage is between 14% and 31% for women and 10% to 25% for men. However, these are just averages and ...

What is the immune system? A guide to your body's first-line of defense against infection

Your immune system is a network of cells, tissues, and organs that fight off infection. Your immune system can be affected by ...
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10 organs you can actually live without — including ‘the body’s initial food blender’ and one that’s ‘largely useless’

Forget emotional baggage — you’re hauling around spare parts. Turns out, you don’t need all 78 of your organs to get through life, which comes in handy when surgeons have to start making cuts.
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Scientists Converted a Kidney’s Blood Type, Then Implanted It Into a Brain-Dead Patient for the First Time

This area of research is still in the early stages, but it could someday help reduce wait times for patients needing kidney ...

Air Pollution Particles Hitch A Ride On Red Blood Cells, Into Major Organs, Study Says

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Oct. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The tiny particles inhaled from air pollution ...