Breathwork activates the parasympathetic nervous system, helping lower stress hormones and heart rate. Unlike external sleep ...

After the most public loss of her career at Wimbledon, Anisimova showed us how real resilience begins—not in the mind, but in ...

Survival over reproduction Our body has two main nervous system branches: the sympathetic, which is activated in stress, and the parasympathetic, which rules our fertility.

A look at how the body’s response to stress affects rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. Learn how stress worsens RA and how to reverse the stress response.

When it comes to automobiles, no matter how well they are maintained, at some point the check engine light is going to come on. Inevitably, a look under the hood or trip to the mechanic is in order.

Ancient wisdom meets modern science in this powerful exploration of conscious breathing. Learn how to harness your breath to ...

When we talk about cardiovascular health in young adults, we usually focus on visual measures like resting heart rate, ...

Constant stress can increase your risk for long-term health issues like heart attack and diabetes. Learn the toll stress can take on the body.

Issues arise when the body fails to control the on–off switch, says Wendy Berry Mendes, a psychologist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Stress becomes problematic if the body overreacts ...

Autonomic nervous system articles from across Nature Portfolio The autonomic nervous system is the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls visceral functions such as heart rate ...

The author divides the peripheral nerves into somatic and autonomic, and the latter into sympathetic (thoracico-lumbar, to all regions of the body), enteric (plexuses of Auerbach and Meissner ...

How major organs work together to manage extreme physiological stresses such as lack of oxygen and sleep has been mapped for ...