A peripheral nerve block is a procedure done by an anesthesiologist to provide postoperative pain relief for people having knee replacement surgery. The anesthesiologist (a doctor specializing in pain ...

The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that is primarily responsible for breathing. Contraction of the diaphragm expands the lungs and draws air into them. The phrenic nerve ...

Everyone is looking for new ways to relax, whether it's box breathing, weighted blankets, or watching ASMR videos. Many of these methods work by engaging your parasympathetic nervous system, also ...

PINCHED NERVES ARE uncomfortable, no matter where they happen in the body. A pinched nerve in the neck, though, can be downright excruciating. Most everyday movements require you to move your neck, ...

NERVOUS messages are invariably associated with an electrical change known as the action potential. This potential is generally believed to arise at a membrane which is situated between the axoplasm ...

Studies on the effect of exercise before peripheral nerve injuries are scarce, with even less attention given to the effects of resistance exercise. In this study, rats were first trained for 10 weeks ...

Although regenerative peripheral-nerve interfaces (RPNIs) have shown promise in restoring neural connectivity, existing approaches often suffer from under sampling nerve activity. Here, we report the ...

Abstract: Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is a prevalent chronic condition that greatly affects patient quality of life. Transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) has recently been proven to be ...

How Does an Epidural Work? You may have heard of the epidural – the pain-relieving anesthesia that some pregnant women get when they’re giving birth. But it has other uses, too. This procedure isn’t ...

The wrecking of part of the White House’s East Wing to make way for President Trump’s ballroom is striking a nerve with his critics who see it as an overhaul of a historic building for a gaudy ...

(CNN) — Let’s play one more. The Los Angeles Dodgers used lockdown pitching, one three-run inning and an incredible double play in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night ...

Actress Isabelle Tate, celebrated for her role in ‘9-1-1: Nashville,’ has passed away at 23. Her agency confirmed her death on October 19th was due to a rare form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Tate ...