This important study demonstrates that a peri-nuclear actomyosin network, present in some types of human cells, facilitates kinetochore-spindle attachment of chromosomes in unfavorable locations - ...

After eating, the stomach and intestines rely on rhythmic contractions known as gastric motility to move food forward. According to physicians interviewed by UW Medicine, gentle walking stimulates ...

Although it may not seem like it, research suggests having sex when dosed up with a cold may actually be good for you — as the ‘cocktail of brain chemicals’ it releases reduce stress, improve sleep ...

This article examines how exercise-induced exerkines prevent disease, as well as promote metabolic, cardiovascular, immune, ...

An optometrist explains what causes that irritating eyelid flutter – and the rare warning signs you shouldn't ignore ...

The first day of your period often feels the most painful. Doctors explain why cramps ease by the fourth day for most women.