The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole ...

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers have now discovered that what we call the 'dessert stomach' is rooted in the brain. The same ...

Whether dogs are ticklish on their paws is something that you may be wondering about. Perhaps your dog moves his paw away ...

The absence of proper education about syphilis could see cases rise even further, warns Dr Donald Grant of The Independent ...

Scientists explore how the immune and nervous systems constantly communicate, influencing brain diseases, behavior, and ...

Doctors are warning about the unusual symptoms of a rare parasitic infection that is common in Hawaii. A New England woman ...

Guillain-Barré Syndrome GBS is a rare neurological disorder where the immune system attacks peripheral nerves leading to weakness numbness and possible paralysis Learn about its causes symptoms treatm ...

In other words, a non-painful stimulus – like when you rub your shin after walking into a table – can overtake slower pain ...

The UBC team's research, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, dubbed the highly-specialized neurons 'ovoid cells.' ...

A newly approved pain medication, suzetrigine, is the first nonopioid analgesic in 25 years to receive clearance from the U.S ...

A global research collaboration has revealed how certain gut cells switch on pain signals, which can linger long after the ...