The vagus nerve is so named because it “wanders” like a vagabond, sending out sensory fibers from your brainstem to your ...

Scientists in China claim to have developed a new type of ultra-thin optical fiber that could improve brain imaging and boost high-speed communications. This fiber, which runs on an optical neural ...

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

Seven of the study participants developed NAION, which Katz explained is a stroke of the optic nerve — the nerve that connects your eye to your brain — potentially causing irreversible vision loss in ...

A dad who has battled four brain tumors — discovering one after developing a craving for olives — is raising $50,000 for ...

Other than the seizures, Emma Rose Olmscheid of Hutchinson is a normal spunky 2-year-old, says her mother Amanda. The reason for the seizures is the brain tumor about the size of a softball ...

Isabella Strahan, the daughter of "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan is opening up about the biggest lesson she learned after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.

J Balvin had everything but nerves at the 2025 Grammys. PEOPLE caught up with the Columbian star ahead of the annual award show on Sunday, Feb. 2, which he attended as a nominee in the best ...

The tumor had created scar tissue around the nerves, so whenever he moved, those nerves were getting pulled and stretched. That explains the intense pain he was feeling,” says Alejandro in a ...

Non-small cell cancer (NSCLC) tumor markers are signs of specific types of tumors. Doctors look for these markers to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. Doctors use several tests to ...