Studies shed light on pain perception, placebo effect pathways, and how human stem cells can be used ... pain researchers use animal models that do not completely capture human physiology, he ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

Stress can lead to noticeable hair loss, usually months after a stressful situation occurs. This type of hair loss is ...

The details differ. Sometimes, the person claims the best gel for a half marathon is, well, absolutely none at all, or that ...

Feeling anxious about social change? Science explains how your brain processes belief conflicts—and provides strategies to maintain mental peace in turbulent times.

The vagus nerve is a major pathway of the parasympathetic nervous ... and reproduction. The disturbed physiology that marks states of threat is often a player—sometimes an unrecognized one ...

Many other microbial pathways are likely to shape colonic sulfur metabolism ... Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder characterized by chronic abdominal pain, bloating, and ...

TRPA1 is an important mediator of pain (Tsagareli and Nozadze ... and IL-8 is related to inflammation-related signaling pathways TLR4/NF-κB and JNK/MAPK. On the other hand, TRPA1 acts as a detector of ...

A common genetic pathway may account for increased risk for atherosclerotic disease in patients with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain.

In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the ...

Dinner doesn’t necessarily have to be your smallest meal of the day, Dr. Makarem said. But ideally it shouldn’t be the ...