Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor has been studying grief for a long time. Part of her interest in the subject is personal.

Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Your latissimus dorsi (your "lats") is a broad, flat, triangle-shaped muscle that spans ...

Some people complain that their bodies suddenly become numb while sleeping at night. Sometimes they experience numbness in ...

You've heard massaging it can relieve stress—now experts have found the 27 million U.S. autoimmune sufferers could find ...

New insights into what causes the painful and disruptive symptoms of urinary tract infections (UTIs) could offer hope for ...

Radiofrequency ablation. Your doctor may use a needle to permanently damage the nerve that sends pain signals from your SI joint to your brain. They may also freeze it with an injection ...

There were bilateral ulnar and radial nerve enlargement ... and bullous skin lesions, peripheral nerve involvement, and systemic symptoms, ultimately diagnosed as multibacillary leprosy confirmed by a ...

Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

While we know the hallmark symptoms of COVID ― like coughing, fatigue, for example ― there are some COVID-19 symptoms that aren’t normal and shouldn’t be treated as such. “What’s really important is ...