Researchers have discovered a new type of tissue, a soft and flexible ‘fatty cartilage’ that could revolutionize the ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of gene-editing experiments.

According to ENThealth.org, over-ear headphones can help preserve your hearing, since they enable users to listen safely to ...

Evolution is a master recycler. It often uses old structures (or ancient genes) for new jobs. The mammalian ear is a perfect example. Over the eons, the jawbones of our fish ancestors became three ...

I was born missing an ear. What followed was years of well-intentioned violence from a medical system bent on solving the ...

Ear trauma refers to any kind of injury to the outer portion of the ear. This type of injury often occurs during athletic activities. If an injury becomes infected, it can lead to perichondritis.

In reptiles, this cartilage began transitioning from gills to the ear canal, ultimately forming the prominent outer ears of mammals. Evidence suggests this tissue first emerged over 400 million ...

Published in Nature by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the study connects the elastic cartilage in mammalian ears to the same rare tissue found in fish gills. To explore this link, ...

In other instances, patients may require surgical procedures such as cartilage repair, meniscus repair or realignment of the knee joint, known as an osteotomy. Total knee replacement, said Dr ...

Contributing Writer for The Prospect Princess Fodeke reports on the opening of a new piercing store, Rowan, located in Palmer ...