A daily dose of baking soda may help treat the symptoms of autoimmune disease. Researchers from the Medical College of Georgia (GA, USA) have evidence that a daily dose of baking soda may help the ...

A ruptured spleen, or splenic rupture, is when the spleen tears open. The spleen is a fist-sized organ located in the upper left abdomen. As part of the lymphatic system, it helps filter blood and ...

Don't worry about it. Check this out. The spleen's that soft, purple organ located right behind the stomach and under the lungs. It's about five inches wide and weighs about six ounces.

Contrary to established dogma, the spleen is not the principal source of the pro-inflammatory cytokine called tumor necrosis factor (TNF), which drives the sort of system-wide inflammation seen in ...

Rigel has enrolled the first subject in a Phase I trial of its oral spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor, fostamatinib, to ...

When the disease affects the splenic artery or vein, the adjacent spleen is often removed. After removal of the end of the pancreas, the remaining portion of the organ functions normally by producing ...

Objectives: To determine normal spleen dimensions in a healthy collegiate athletic ... platelet disorder, sickle cell disease (or trait), thalassaemia, or recent viral symptoms. Subjects then ...

The direct antiglobulin test was positive for anti-C3d specificity, with cold agglutinin titer confirming the diagnosis of CAD.