Stimulating the vagus nerve helps shift the body from the "fight or flight" mode to a relaxed state. Applying ice to the underarms can trigger this response, reducing feelings of stress and anxiety.

Peripheral nerve injuries are not uncommon in sports. Typically, these are associated with orthopaedic injury (eg, axillary nerve injury with glenohumeral joint dislocation) rather than the ...

John Smoltz has two new hips, more strength and a better swing as he looks to capture a title at the American Century Championship later this summer.

A team has made a major breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional (3D) imaging of large-scale biological tissues. They ...

Key findings from the first stages of this study were previously presented in a poster titled, “ Autonomic, Cardiac, and Neural Effects from Non-Invasive Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation, ” at ...

Photos of Kim Kardashian at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding show her with an apparent indentation near her armpit. Here's what a plastic surgeon thinks.

The Heartbreak Hogs moniker lives on for another year. Here's a deep dive on Arkansas baseball's late-inning collapse against LSU at the College World Series.

In summary, the comparability of abdominal skin and axillary temperatures in infants has not been widely studied. Few studies have examined comparability of continuous recordings of abdominal skin ...

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems as ...

Medical research on the nervous system. From the growth of nerve cells to neurodegeneration, read all about the spinal cord, the brain and neurons.

WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of multifocal motor neuropathy, a rare nerve disease.

Occasional neck pain is often due to poor posture, normal wear, or overuse. Learn about neck pain causes, treatment, and home remedies.