The Latest Breaking News from the New England Journal of Medicine

When doctors peered into a man's abdomen during routine surgery, they didn't expect to find five living worms in there.

On November 9 this year, researchers in Iceland published a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers in which they reported trying to address whether these incidental findings could be associated with the lifespan of an individual! Researchers pored through more than 57,000 whole genome sequences obtained…

A woman in Taiwan spent around four days living with a tiny spider crawling inside her ear

Advanced lung cancer patient passes out from acute hypoglycemia, given treatment that is a successful scientific breakthrough.

Lightning is terrifying, but it's not always deadly. Here's what it does to the human body.

A man developed a condition known as hairy tongue, which can manifest itself in different colors depending on the bits of food, bacteria and dead skin cells that get trapped in the "hairs."

A man's tongue has resembled The Grinch after turning green and spouting fur after smoking ciggies.

The man had been on a course of antibiotics when he noticed his tongue start to change in colour and texture before it turned green and hairy in a rare side effect

As July Fourth celebrations take off across the U.S., so will the number of firework-related accidents and hospital visits.

An axiom in medicine is that good judgment depends on experience, and experience depends on bad judgment. Basically, one way doctors refine their care is through a learning curve resulting from inexperience and lack of judgment.

A New England Journal of Medicine study found the Viaskin patch helped kids 1 to 3 years old who couldn’t tolerate even a small fraction of a peanut to eventually safely eat a few.