Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation Katie Edwards is Commissioning Editor for Health and Medicine at The Conversation in the UK. Arshad Majid ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden partnership between pancreatic cancer and the nervous system. Support cells in the pancreas lure nerve fibers, which then release signals that accelerate early ...

Sarah Jividen, RN, BSN, is a trained neuro/trauma, and emergency room nurse turned healthcare writer. As a journalism major, she combined her love for writing with her passion for high-level patient ...

When you sit or stand still for long periods of time, your blood has to fight harder against gravity. It wants to return up to the heart, but ends up pooling in the legs — causing that uncomfortable ...

It's a sensation of tingling, burning, prickling or numbness, most often in your arms, hands, legs or feet. Usually it happens after you've held a position too long - say, sitting cross-legged - that ...

Everyone experiences some sort of lower back pain or discomfort. It’s best not to ignore these common but sometimes debilitating aches and pains. Your lower back consists of five vertebrae, labeled L1 ...

Myelin is the protective coating around nerves that helps electrical messages travel properly. When it is damaged, movement, vision, and fatigue can worsen. Demyelinating disease can affect the ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and ...

Regeneration and repair in the nervous system is a process by which damaged tissue undergoes regrowth or renewal, leading to eventual restoration of nervous system function. This process happens more ...