The footwear budget for Target shoppers who are the parents of young children just got a little smaller. Footwear designer D’Wayne Edwards‘s new patented shoe for the retailer can expand a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In both, the kitchen becomes the scene for battle — between the generations, between the sexes, between ...

The team that first recorded vagus nerve signals in humans has isolated the electrical activity of individual neurones responsible for cardiovascular regulation. Published in The Journal of Physiology ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The vagus nerve is part of our relaxation system, and can modulate inflammation Scientists now hope to tap it and use it to treat ...

It's basically a repeat of the last several years when it comes to symptoms. "No new or previously unusual symptoms have emerged in a major way," says Robert Amler, MD, dean of the School of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from ...

The vagus nerve is an important part of interoception that can have a profound effect on how we are feeling, even influencing emotions such as anxiety and depression. Although the link between ...

The child, whose identity has been protected for safety reasons, revealed that Bhagat, the father of the school's manager, had attempted to suffocate him by pinching his nose and choking him. Listen ...

A pinched nerve occurs when tissues surrounding a nerve, such as bone, cartilage, muscle or tendon, exert excessive pressure on the nerve, leading to symptoms like pain and numbness. Adults over 50 ...