For years, scientists have viewed cancer as a localized glitch in which cells refuse to stop dividing. Scientists have long ...

Researchers discovered a feedback loop between nerve cells, the immune system and the heart. They think it shows promise as a ...

Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading ...

"I'm fine" and "I'll take care of it" (even at capacity) can be nervous system signals. Decoding them makes hard moments easier to navigate.

Research headed by teams at the University of Rochester Center for Translational Medicine and the University of Copenhagen describes for the first time how a spreading wave of disruption and the flow ...

The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

Heart attacks are often thought of as a plumbing issue, the result of a blockage preventing blood from flowing through one of ...

When your nervous system is overwhelmed, your body sends subtle signals long before you realise what’s happening. These cues, ...

We often think of the summer as the best time to relax, but it’s no coincidence that national wellbeing month also falls in August. The summer holidays can be a high stress time for parents and many ...

You do it about 14,000 times a day without thinking. That’s once every four seconds on average. Blinking seems like the most mundane bodily function imaginable, but it turns out those tiny eye ...

Anxiety is not simply a chemical imbalance or a spiritual defect. In many cases, it is the predictable result of a mind that ...

That constant background noise from traffic, television, notifications, and conversations might be doing more than just distracting you. It could be fundamentally altering your nervous system and ...