A fine needle biopsy or aspiration can show whether a nodule is cancerous or not. The doctor will insert a thin needle into the thyroid gland and suction out a few cells for testing. The doctor ...

The CBC takes only a few minutes. Your doctor puts a thin needle into your arm, usually near your elbow, and draws blood. You may have results in 1-2 days, but it can take longer. Blood smear ...

Mandy Smith, from Tipton, enjoys needle felting, or sculpting with wool, and is taking part in Come As You Really Are, an exhibition with celebrates crafts and hobbies from across the country.

Head and neck is a place where organs that eat, talk, and breathe are gathered, and if cancer occurs here, it seriously affects breathing, food intake, and vocalization. Anatomically, the head and ...

A biopsy means removing a sample of cells or tissue and looking at it under a microscope. You may have a liver biopsy to help diagnose liver cancer. But not everyone needs to have one. Doctors can ...

A womb biopsy is when a sample of tissue is taken from the lining of the womb. This is also called an endometrial biopsy. Your doctor sends the sample to the laboratory. This is where a pathologist ...

Syringes vary by the amount of insulin they hold and the size of the needle. They’re made of plastic and should be discarded after one use. Insulin is injected subcutaneously, or into the fat ...

In the fall of 1965, a twenty-nine-year-old Georges Perec published his début novel. Short and strange, “Things: A Story of the Sixties” follows Sylvie and Jérôme, a young Parisian couple ...

Aspiration attracted celebrity investors and a $2.3 billion valuation before the fintech bust. Now cofounder Joseph Sanberg is charged with committing fraud to borrow on its inflated stock.

If you’re in Seattle within sight of the Space Needle this Friday night, look up toward the Needle around 7:30 p.m. and you’ll see colorful lasers washing over Seattle’s skies. These lasers ...

It may soon be replaced by a new model designed as a more affordable version of the Tuft & Needle Original. If that happens, this article will link to the updated model. The Nod mattress is what I ...

The Kakeya conjecture was inspired by a problem asked in 1917 by Japanese mathematician Sōichi Kakeya: What is the region of smallest possible area in which it is possible to rotate a needle 180 ...