An increase in high-fat, high-fructose foods in people's diets has contributed to a dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes.

The vagus nerve, a complex bundle of 200,000 fibers connecting the brain to vital organs, has remained a medical enigma for ...

Millions of people across the UK are suffering from an incurable syndrome that gets worse at night - keeping millions of us ...

Epilepsy in children can be a challenging condition to manage. Here's a comprehensive overview of the causes, dietary recommendations and much more.

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Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

“When inflammation occurs, molecules activate signals that travel up the vagus nerve,” Tracey says. And that’s just half the ...

A new pain relief drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will ...

shifted him to Ankura Hospital where doctors diagnosed him with GBS after confirmatory tests like MRI and a nerve conduction velocity test, which shows how quickly electrical impulses travel through a ...

The flow of electrical impulses is directed from the source of the pain along nerve fibers that connect to sensory neurons. Sensory neurons can also support complex movements like picking up utensils, ...

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