Chemotherapy has long forced patients to choose between fighting their cancer and living with nerve pain that can linger for ...

The way we lay down in bed could pose health risks beyond just a sore back, according to experts. Your go-to posture can cause pain, reflux, snoring and even nerve symptoms that show up the next ...

When it comes to statement items in your fall wardrobe, you likely gravitate toward that great power coat or wild shoe to instantly transform a look. The bolder, the better! But can a simple white tee ...

As Americans struggle with the high cost of living, an old idea is getting a fresh look. In dozens of pilot programs around the country, policymakers and researchers are exploring what happens when ...

After years of work, cognition and neuroscience doctoral student Hailey Welch is—for the first time—the lead author of a study published in an academic journal, a paper appearing in Cell Reports, ...

Ian Burkhart was on holiday with friends in 2010 when his life changed forever. He dived into shallow water and broke his neck, leaving him paralysed from the shoulders down at the age of 19. “At that ...

Your peripheral nervous system (PNS) is crucial to navigating daily life. It lets you walk, controls your eye movements, and rings your brain’s alarms when you step on a Lego brick. Yet researchers ...

For some cultures, the practice of cranial deformation may have offered individuals a path to privilege later in their lives. The elongated skull of a person who lived in the Colca Valley of highland ...

Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits through which the brain performs its essential functions. For millennia physicians thought damage to nerves was ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits ...

As Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska on August 15th in a historic summit, tensions are building. On the front lines in Ukraine, Russian forces have been advancing in Donetsk ...

Dana Delany and Karl Glusman will also appear in the recently wrapped feature that stars Jack Huston and Sofia Boutella. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter “A character I’ve returned to ...